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EP 1 648 992 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 26.04.2006 Bulletin 2006/17 (21) Application number: 03818179.8 (22) Date of filing: 24.07.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C12H 1/00(1968.09) (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/023309 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/017090 (24.02.2005 Gazette 2005/08)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: LT LV (71) Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED Minnetonka, MN 55391 (US)	(72) Inventors: VAN DE SYPE, John B-9890 Semmerzake (BE) HEIRMAN, Marc B-8500 Kortrijk (BE) (74) Representative: Wibbelmann, Jobst et al Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München 81541 München (DE)