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EP1280713 - ULTRAVIOLET LIGTH-BLOCKING BOTTLE LABELS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 08.05.2009 Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	20.11.2009	Change - representative	published on 23.12.2009 [2009/52]
Applicant(s)	For:CY GB IE Unilever PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London Greater London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Unilever N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
	[N/P]
Former [2009/24]	For:CY GB IE Unilever PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London Greater London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Unilever N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Former [2006/29]	For:CY GB IE UNILEVER PLC Unilever House, Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Former [2003/06]	For:CY GB IE UNILEVER PLC Unilever House, Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LU MC NL PT SE TR UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Inventor(s)	01 / GIBLIN, John Edward 45 River Road Edgewater, NJ 07020 / US
	02 / BAE-LEE, Myongsuk 45 River Road Edgewater, NJ 07020 / US
	03 / BORY, Barbara Helen 2375 Hudson Terrace, Apart. 3B 3B Fort Lee, NJ 07024 / US
	04 / HSU, Feng-Lung Gordon 45 River Road Edgewater, NJ 07020 / US
	05 / KUZMENKA, Daniel Joseph 45 River Road Edgewater, NJ 07020 / US
	06 / MURPHY, Dennis Stephen 45 River Road Edgewater, NJ 07020 / US
	07 / NEUSER, Kristina Marie 45 River Road Edgewater, NJ 07020 / US
	[2003/06]
Representative(s)	Hardy, Susan Margaret, et al Unilever PLC Unilever Patent Group Bronland 14 6708 WH Wageningen / NL
	[N/P]
Former [2009/52]	Hardy, Susan Margaret, et al Unilever Patent Group Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford, MK44 1LQ / GB
Former [2006/46]	Hardy, Susan Margaret, et al Unilever PLC Unilever Patent Group Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Former [2003/06]	Elliott, Peter William Unilever PLC Patent Department, Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Application number, filing date	01929625.0	07.05.2001
	[2003/06]
	WO2001EP05121
Priority number, date	US20000568061	10.05.2000 Original published format: US 568061
	[2003/06]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO0185568
	Date:	15.11.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/46]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1280713
	Date:	05.02.2003
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.11.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2003/06]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1280713
	Date:	18.08.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/34]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP1280713
	Date:	10.06.2009
	Language:	EN
	[2009/24]
	Type:	B8 Corrected title page of specification
	No.:	EP1280713
	Date:	26.08.2009
	[2009/35]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	14.03.2002
Classification	IPC:	B65D81/30	[2003/06]
	CPC:	B65D81/30 (EP,US); B65D23/0842 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR [2003/06]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	ULTRAVIOLETTSTRAHLENBLOCKIERENDE FLASCHENETIKETTEN	[2003/06]
	English:	ULTRAVIOLET LIGTH-BLOCKING BOTTLE LABELS	[2003/06]
	French:	ETIQUETTES POUR BOUTEILLES REDUISANT DES RAYONS UV	[2004/01]
	Former [2003/06]	TIQUETTES POUR BOUTEILLES TRANSPARENTES/TRANSLUCIDES
Entry into regional phase	04.11.2002	National basic fee paid
	04.11.2002	Designation fee(s) paid
	04.11.2002	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	30.11.2001	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	04.11.2002	Examination requested [2003/06]
	04.07.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	21.10.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	18.02.2004	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	04.06.2004	Fee for grant paid
	04.06.2004	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 18.05.2005 01.06.2005 ADMISSIBLE Henkel AG & Co. KGaA VTP Patente 40191 Düsseldorf / DE
		[2008/28]
	Former [2005/28]
	Opponent(s)	01 18.05.2005 01.06.2005 ADMISSIBLE Henkel KGaA VTP (Patente) 40191 Düsseldorf / DE
	24.06.2005	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	04.01.2006	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	21.11.2006	Date of oral proceedings
	08.01.2007	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	08.01.2007	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	12.01.2009	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	02.02.2009	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	20.04.2009	Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition	01.02.2007	Appeal received No. T0173/07
	09.05.2007	Statement of grounds filed
	12.01.2009	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor withdrawn
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	26.05.2003	Renewal fee patent year 03
	24.05.2004	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	18.08.2004
	CH	18.08.2004
	FI	18.08.2004
	LI	18.08.2004
	NL	18.08.2004
	TR	18.08.2004
	DK	18.11.2004
	GR	18.11.2004
	SE	18.11.2004
	PT	18.01.2005
	CY	07.05.2005
	LU	07.05.2005
	IE	09.05.2005
	MC	31.05.2005
	[2009/50]
Former [2008/03]	AT	18.08.2004
	CH	18.08.2004
	FI	18.08.2004
	LI	18.08.2004
	TR	18.08.2004
	DK	18.11.2004
	GR	18.11.2004
	SE	18.11.2004
	PT	18.01.2005
	CY	07.05.2005
	LU	07.05.2005
	IE	09.05.2005
	MC	31.05.2005
Former [2007/27]	AT	18.08.2004
	CH	18.08.2004
	FI	18.08.2004
	LI	18.08.2004
	TR	18.08.2004
	DK	18.11.2004
	GR	18.11.2004
	SE	18.11.2004
	CY	07.05.2005
	LU	07.05.2005
	IE	09.05.2005
	MC	31.05.2005
Former [2007/26]	AT	18.08.2004
	CH	18.08.2004
	FI	18.08.2004
	LI	18.08.2004
	TR	18.08.2004
	DK	18.11.2004
	GR	18.11.2004
	SE	18.11.2004
	CY	07.05.2005
	LU	07.05.2005
	IE	09.05.2005
Former [2007/20]	AT	18.08.2004
	CH	18.08.2004
	FI	18.08.2004
	LI	18.08.2004
	TR	18.08.2004
	DK	18.11.2004
	GR	18.11.2004
	SE	18.11.2004
	CY	07.05.2005
	IE	09.05.2005
	LU	31.05.2005
Former [2007/10]	AT	18.08.2004
	CH	18.08.2004
	FI	18.08.2004
	LI	18.08.2004
	TR	18.08.2004
	DK	18.11.2004
	GR	18.11.2004
	SE	18.11.2004
	IE	09.05.2005
	LU	31.05.2005
Former [2006/51]	AT	18.08.2004
	CH	18.08.2004
	FI	18.08.2004
	LI	18.08.2004
	TR	18.08.2004
	DK	18.11.2004
	GR	18.11.2004
	SE	18.11.2004
	IE	09.05.2005
Former [2006/25]	AT	18.08.2004
	CH	18.08.2004
	FI	18.08.2004
	LI	18.08.2004
	DK	18.11.2004
	GR	18.11.2004
	SE	18.11.2004
	IE	09.05.2005
Former [2005/22]	AT	18.08.2004
	CH	18.08.2004
	FI	18.08.2004
	LI	18.08.2004
	DK	18.11.2004
	GR	18.11.2004
	SE	18.11.2004
Former [2005/21]	AT	18.08.2004
	CH	18.08.2004
	FI	18.08.2004
	LI	18.08.2004
	GR	18.11.2004
	SE	18.11.2004
Former [2005/18]	AT	18.08.2004
	FI	18.08.2004
	GR	18.11.2004
	SE	18.11.2004
Former [2005/13]	AT	18.08.2004
	FI	18.08.2004
	SE	18.11.2004
Former [2005/11]	FI	18.08.2004
	SE	18.11.2004
Former [2005/10]	SE	18.11.2004
Cited in	International search	[XA]JPH0958687 ;
		[XA]JPH06345879 ;
		[A]US3402843 (CAMPBELL PAUL E) [A] * abstract *;
		[A]GB1372102 (ANCHOR HOCKING CORP) [A] 1 * page 2, line 36 - line 52; claim - *;
		[A]US3912100 (GRAHAM PAUL W L, et al) [A] 1 * column 4, line 10 - line 45; figure - *;
		[A]US4734304 (TSUBONE MASAHIRO [JP], et al) [A] 1 * column 1, line 5 - line 10 * * column 4, line 3 - line 7 *
		[XA] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19970731), vol. 1997, no. 07, & JP09058687 A 19970304 (FUJI SEAL CO LTD) [X] 1-6,8,11-13,20 * abstract * [A] 7,9,10,14-18,21,22
		[XA] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19950428), vol. 1995, no. 03, & JP06345879 A 19941220 (OSAKA SHINKU KOGYO KK) [X] 1,2,4-6,8,11-13,20 * abstract * [A] 3,7,9,10,14-18,21,22
	by applicant	US2612510
		US2784220
		GB1303810
		US3812042
		GB2228940
		EP0461537
		WO9726315
		US19410007776
	Opposition	US4053666
		EP0461537
		WO9219505
		US5205960
		JPH11105067
		WO0149575

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