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EP About this file: EP2207513

EP2207513 - ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING IMPROVED SOFTNESS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.10.2012
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.07.2014Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 20.08.2014  [2014/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
The Procter & Gamble Company
One Procter & Gamble Plaza
Cincinnati, OH 45202 / US
[N/P]
Former [2010/29]For all designated states
The Procter and Gamble Company
One Procter & Gamble Plaza
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 / US
Inventor(s)01 / LAWSON, Kathleen, Marie
4318 Flagstone Drive
Mason, Ohio 45040 / US
02 / HUNDORF, Harald, Hermann
Koenigstrasse 78
D-53115 Bonn / DE
03 / BERUDA, Holger
Berliner Strasse 14
65824 Schwalbach Hessen / DE
04 / BLESSING, Horst
3563 Mooney Avenue
Cincinnati Ohio 45208 / US
05 / DZIEZOK, Peter
Auf Der Schlicht 56A
65239 Hochheim Hessen / DE
06 / KRAUSE, Axel
Reinoldweg 13
50374 Erfstadt / DE
07 / SCHMIDT, Mattias
Charlotte-Rosenthal-Str. 21
D-65510 Idestein Hessen / DE
08 / STELZIG, Lutz
Battenbergerweg 33
D-60489 Frankfurt Am Main / DE
 [2010/32]
Former [2010/29]01 / LAWSON, Kathleen, Marie
8007 Pepper Pike
West Chester Ohio 45069 / US
02 / HUNDORF, Harald, Hermann
Koenigstrasse 78
D-53115 Bonn / DE
03 / BERUDA, Holger
Berliner Strasse 14
65824 Schwalbach Hessen / DE
04 / BLESSING, Horst
3563 Mooney Avenue
Cincinnati Ohio 45208 / US
05 / DZIEZOK, Peter
Auf Der Schlicht 56A
65239 Hochheim Hessen / DE
06 / KRAUSE, Axel
Reinoldweg 13
50374 Erfstadt / DE
07 / SCHMIDT, Mattias
Charlotte-Rosenthal-Str. 21
D-65510 Idestein Hessen / DE
08 / STELZIG, Lutz
Battenbergerweg 33
D-60489 Frankfurt Am Main / DE
Representative(s)Heide, Ute, et al
Procter & Gamble Service GmbH
IP Department
Sulzbacher Straße 40-50
65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
[N/P]
Former [2011/49]Heide, Ute, et al
Procter & Gamble European Service GmbH Sulzbacher Strasse 40-50
65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
Former [2011/12]McGregor, Judit Ester, et al
Procter & Gamble Service GmbH Sulzbacher Strasse 40-50
65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
Former [2010/29]Kremer, Véronique Marie Joséphine, et al
Procter & Gamble Service GmbH Sulzbacher Strasse 40-50
65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
Application number, filing date08848102.304.11.2008
[2010/29]
WO2008IB54593
Priority number, dateUS20070986153P07.11.2007         Original published format: US 986153 P
US2008018238630.07.2008         Original published format: US 182386
[2010/29]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2009060384
Date:14.05.2009
Language:EN
[2009/20]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2207513
Date:21.07.2010
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.05.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2010/29]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2207513
Date:21.12.2011
Language:EN
[2011/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP14.05.2009
ClassificationIPC:A61F13/15
[2010/29]
CPC:
A61F13/5323 (EP,US); A61F13/51401 (EP,US); A61F13/51405 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2010/29]
TitleGerman:SAUGFÄHIGER ARTIKEL MIT ERHÖHTER WEICHHEIT[2010/29]
English:ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING IMPROVED SOFTNESS[2010/29]
French:ARTICLE ABSORBANT AYANT UNE DOUCEUR AMÉLIORÉE[2010/29]
Entry into regional phase12.05.2010National basic fee paid 
12.05.2010Designation fee(s) paid 
12.05.2010Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.05.2010Examination requested  [2010/29]
23.07.2010Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
30.09.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
01.03.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.05.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.09.2011Fee for grant paid
19.09.2011Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  30.09.2010
Opposition(s)24.09.2012No opposition filed within time limit [2012/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.10.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
07.11.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU04.11.2008
AT21.12.2011
BE21.12.2011
CY21.12.2011
CZ21.12.2011
DK21.12.2011
EE21.12.2011
FI21.12.2011
HR21.12.2011
LT21.12.2011
LV21.12.2011
MT21.12.2011
RO21.12.2011
SE21.12.2011
SI21.12.2011
SK21.12.2011
BG21.03.2012
NO21.03.2012
GR22.03.2012
IS21.04.2012
PT23.04.2012
[2014/34]
Former [2013/51]AT21.12.2011
BE21.12.2011
CY21.12.2011
CZ21.12.2011
DK21.12.2011
EE21.12.2011
FI21.12.2011
HR21.12.2011
LT21.12.2011
LV21.12.2011
MT21.12.2011
RO21.12.2011
SE21.12.2011
SI21.12.2011
SK21.12.2011
BG21.03.2012
NO21.03.2012
GR22.03.2012
IS21.04.2012
PT23.04.2012
Former [2013/29]AT21.12.2011
BE21.12.2011
CY21.12.2011
CZ21.12.2011
DK21.12.2011
EE21.12.2011
FI21.12.2011
HR21.12.2011
LT21.12.2011
LV21.12.2011
RO21.12.2011
SE21.12.2011
SI21.12.2011
SK21.12.2011
BG21.03.2012
NO21.03.2012
GR22.03.2012
IS21.04.2012
PT23.04.2012
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CY21.12.2011
CZ21.12.2011
DK21.12.2011
EE21.12.2011
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LT21.12.2011
LV21.12.2011
RO21.12.2011
SE21.12.2011
SI21.12.2011
SK21.12.2011
BG21.03.2012
NO21.03.2012
GR22.03.2012
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PT23.04.2012
Former [2012/49]BE21.12.2011
CY21.12.2011
CZ21.12.2011
DK21.12.2011
EE21.12.2011
HR21.12.2011
LT21.12.2011
LV21.12.2011
RO21.12.2011
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SI21.12.2011
SK21.12.2011
BG21.03.2012
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GR22.03.2012
IS21.04.2012
PT23.04.2012
Former [2012/37]BE21.12.2011
CY21.12.2011
CZ21.12.2011
EE21.12.2011
HR21.12.2011
LT21.12.2011
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RO21.12.2011
SE21.12.2011
SI21.12.2011
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BG21.03.2012
NO21.03.2012
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IS21.04.2012
PT23.04.2012
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CY21.12.2011
CZ21.12.2011
EE21.12.2011
HR21.12.2011
LT21.12.2011
LV21.12.2011
RO21.12.2011
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SI21.12.2011
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BG21.03.2012
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IS21.04.2012
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CY21.12.2011
CZ21.12.2011
EE21.12.2011
HR21.12.2011
LT21.12.2011
LV21.12.2011
SE21.12.2011
SI21.12.2011
BG21.03.2012
NO21.03.2012
GR22.03.2012
IS21.04.2012
Former [2012/34]BE21.12.2011
CY21.12.2011
CZ21.12.2011
HR21.12.2011
LT21.12.2011
LV21.12.2011
SE21.12.2011
SI21.12.2011
NO21.03.2012
GR22.03.2012
IS21.04.2012
Former [2012/30]BE21.12.2011
CY21.12.2011
HR21.12.2011
LT21.12.2011
LV21.12.2011
SE21.12.2011
SI21.12.2011
NO21.03.2012
GR22.03.2012
Former [2012/28]CY21.12.2011
HR21.12.2011
LT21.12.2011
LV21.12.2011
SE21.12.2011
SI21.12.2011
NO21.03.2012
GR22.03.2012
Former [2012/27]HR21.12.2011
LT21.12.2011
LV21.12.2011
SE21.12.2011
SI21.12.2011
NO21.03.2012
GR22.03.2012
Former [2012/24]LT21.12.2011
LV21.12.2011
SE21.12.2011
SI21.12.2011
NO21.03.2012
GR22.03.2012
Former [2012/20]LT21.12.2011
NO21.03.2012
Cited inInternational search[A]EP0780325  (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]) [A] 3,5-9 * column 1, line 8; claim 1 ** column 4, line 25 - line 38; claim 8 *;
 [A]US2002117419  (TIPPEY DAROLD DEAN [US], et al) [A] 3,5,9 * paragraph [0074]; figures 1-13 *;
 [XY]US2004162536  (BECKER UWE JURGEN [DE], et al) [X] 5,10 * paragraphs [0009] , [0022] , [0053] , [0025] , [0046] - [0059]; figures 1,3-6 * [Y] 1-4,6-9;
 [AD]US2004167486  (BUSAM LUDWIG [DE], et al) [AD] 1-10 * the whole document *;
 [YD]US2006057921  (TURI MORDECHAI [US], et al) [YD] 1-4,6-9 * paragraphs [0060] , [0032]; claim 13 *;
 [A]US2007167928  (BECKER UWE J [DE], et al) [A] 1-10 * the whole document *
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