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EP2242830 - ENZYME AND FABRIC HUEING AGENT CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 07.02.2020 Database last updated on 30.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	07.02.2020	Patent maintained (B2 publication)	published on 11.03.2020 [2020/11]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OH 45202 / US
	[2020/11]
Former [2010/43]	For all designated states The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OH 45202 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / LANT, Neil, Joseph 18 Netherwitton Way Gosforth Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumberland NE3 5RP / GB
	02 / SADLOWSKI, Eugene, Steven 9980 Pebbleknoll Drive Cincinnati Ohio 45252 / US
	03 / WENNING, Genevieve, Cagalawan 1076 Carpenters Trace Villa Hills Kentucky 41017 / US
	[2013/11]
Former [2010/43]	01 / LANT, Neil, Joseph 18 Netherwitton Way Gosforth Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumberland NE3 5RP / GB
	02 / SADLOWSKI, Eugene, Steven 9980 Pebbleknoll Drive Cincinnati Ohio 45252 / US
	03 / WENNING, Genevieve, Cagalawan 1076 Carpenters Trace Villa Hills Kentucky 41017 / US
Representative(s)	P&G Patent Belgium UK N.V. Procter & Gamble Services Company S.A. Temselaan 100 1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE
	[2020/11]
Former [2014/10]	Peet, Jillian Wendy Procter & Gamble Technical Centres Limited Whitley Road Longbenton Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 9TS / GB
Former [2013/51]	Siddiquee, Sanaul Kabir N.V. Procter & Gamble Services Company S.A. Temselaan 100 1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE
Former [2013/41]	Vercruysse, Nicolas NV Procter & Gamble Services Company SA Temselaan 100 1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE
Former [2013/11]	Goodier, Claire-Louise N.V.Procter & Gamble Services Company S.A. Temselaan 100 1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE
Former [2010/43]	Goodier, Claire-Louise N.V.Procter & Gamble Services Company S.A. Temselaan 100 1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE
Former [2010/43]	Goodier, Claire-Louise NV Procter & Gamble Services SA, Temselaan 100 1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE
Application number, filing date	08869916.0	19.12.2008
	[2010/43]
	WO2008IB55469
Priority number, date	US20080009982	04.01.2008 Original published format: US 9982
	US20080114599	14.11.2008 Original published format: US 114599
	[2010/43]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2009087524
	Date:	16.07.2009
	Language:	EN
	[2009/29]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2242830
	Date:	27.10.2010
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.07.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2010/43]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2242830
	Date:	13.03.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/11]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP2242830
	Date:	11.03.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/11]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	16.07.2009
Classification	IPC:	C11D3/386, C11D3/40, C11D3/12	[2012/36]
	CPC:	C11D3/38636 (EP,US); C11D3/1253 (EP,US); C11D3/40 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2010/43]	C11D3/386, C11D3/40
Designated contracting states	AT, 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 [2020/11]
Former [2010/43]	AT, 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
Title	German:	ENZYM- UND STOFFFÄRBEMITTELHALTIGE ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN	[2010/43]
	English:	ENZYME AND FABRIC HUEING AGENT CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS	[2010/43]
	French:	COMPOSITIONS CONTENANT UNE ENZYME ET UN AGENT DE NUANÇAGE DES TISSUS	[2010/43]
Entry into regional phase	01.07.2010	National basic fee paid
	01.07.2010	Designation fee(s) paid
	01.07.2010	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	01.07.2010	Examination requested [2010/43]
	17.09.2010	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	20.09.2012	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	18.01.2013	Fee for grant paid
	18.01.2013	Fee 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 20.09.2012
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 10.12.2013 19.12.2013 ADMISSIBLE Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Henkelstrasse 67 40589 Düsseldorf / DE
		02 13.12.2013 14.01.2014 ADMISSIBLE UNILEVER PLC/ UNILEVER N.V. A company registered in England and Wales under Company no. 41424 of Unilever House 100 Victoria Embankment/Weena 455 London Greater London EC4Y 0DY/GB /3013 AL Rotterdam/NL / GB Opponent's representative Mewburn Ellis LLP Aurora Building Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX / GB
		[N/P]
	Former [2019/45]
	Opponent(s)	01 10.12.2013 19.12.2013 ADMISSIBLE Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Henkelstrasse 67 40589 Düsseldorf / DE
		02 13.12.2013 14.01.2014 ADMISSIBLE UNILEVER PLC/ UNILEVER N.V. A company registered in England and Wales under Company no. 41424 of Unilever House 100 Victoria Embankment/Weena 455 London Greater London EC4Y 0DY/GB /3013 AL Rotterdam/NL / GB Opponent's representative Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB
	Former [2019/04]
	Opponent(s)	01 10.12.2013 19.12.2013 ADMISSIBLE Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Henkelstrasse 57 40589 Düsseldorf / DE
		02 13.12.2013 14.01.2014 ADMISSIBLE UNILEVER PLC/ UNILEVER N.V. A company registered in England and Wales under Company no. 41424 of Unilever House 100 Victoria Embankment/Weena 455 London Greater London EC4Y 0DY/GB /3013 AL Rotterdam/NL / GB Opponent's representative Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB
	Former [2015/47]
	Opponent(s)	01 10.12.2013 19.12.2013 ADMISSIBLE Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Henkelstrasse 57 40589 Düsseldorf / DE
		02 13.12.2013 14.01.2014 ADMISSIBLE UNILEVER PLC/ UNILEVER N.V. a company registered in England and Wales under Company no. 41424 of Unilver House 100 Victoria Embankment/Weena 455 London Greater London EC4Y 0DY/GB /3013 AL Rotterdam/NL / GB Opponent's representative Webster, Jeremy Mark Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB
	Former [2015/38]
	Opponent(s)	01 10.12.2013 19.12.2013 ADMISSIBLE Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Henkelstrasse 57 40589 Düsseldorf / DE
		02 13.12.2013 14.01.2014 ADMISSIBLE UNILEVER PLC/ UNILEVER N.V. a company registered in England and Wales under Company no. 41424 of Unilver House 100 Victoria Embankment/Weena 455 London Greater London EC4Y 0DY/GB /3013 AL Rotterdam/NL / GB Opponent's representative Brooijmans, Rob Josephina Wilhelmus Unilever Patent Group Olivier van Noortlaan 120 3133 AT Vlaardingen / NL
	Former [2014/06]
	Opponent(s)	01 10.12.2013 19.12.2013 ADMISSIBLE Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Henkelstrasse 57 40589 Düsseldorf / DE
		02 13.12.2013 UNILEVER PLC/ UNILEVER N.V. a company registered in England and Wales under Company no. 41424 of Unilver House 100 Victoria Embankment/Weena 455 London Greater London EC4Y 0DY/GB /3013 AL Rotterdam/NL / GB Opponent's representative Kan, Jacob Hendrik Unilever N.V. Patent Group Olivier van Noortlaan 120 3133 AR Vlaardingen / NL
	Former [2014/04]
	Opponent(s)	01 10.12.2013 19.12.2013 ADMISSIBLE Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Henkelstrasse 57 40589 Düsseldorf / DE
		02 13.12.2013 UNILEVER N.V. / UNILEVER PLC Weena 455/Unilever House, Blackfriars 3013 AL Rotterdam/London EC4P 4BQ / NL Opponent's representative Kan, Jacob Hendrik Unilever N.V. Patent Group Olivier van Noortlaan 120 3133 AR Vlaardingen / NL
	04.02.2014	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	14.08.2014	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	18.11.2015	Date of oral proceedings
	05.01.2016	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	05.01.2016	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	02.07.2019	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	28.10.2019	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	31.01.2020	Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition	10.03.2016	Appeal received No. T0534/16
	16.05.2016	Statement of grounds filed
	02.07.2019	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected
	04.03.2016	Appeal received No. T0534/16
	16.05.2016	Statement of grounds filed
	02.07.2019	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected
	03.03.2016	Appeal received No. T0534/16
	06.05.2016	Statement of grounds filed
	02.07.2019	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected
	02.07.2019	Date of oral proceedings
	26.07.2019	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	22.11.2010	Renewal fee patent year 03
	07.12.2011	Renewal fee patent year 04
	07.12.2012	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	13.03.2013
	CY	13.03.2013
	DK	13.03.2013
	EE	13.03.2013
	FI	13.03.2013
	HR	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	LV	13.03.2013
	MC	13.03.2013
	MT	13.03.2013
	RO	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	SK	13.03.2013
	TR	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
	IS	13.07.2013
	PT	15.07.2013
	IE	19.12.2013
	LU	19.12.2013
	CH	31.12.2013
	LI	31.12.2013
	NL	01.01.2017
	[2017/48]
Former [2015/41]	AT	13.03.2013
	CY	13.03.2013
	DK	13.03.2013
	EE	13.03.2013
	FI	13.03.2013
	HR	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	LV	13.03.2013
	MC	13.03.2013
	MT	13.03.2013
	RO	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	SK	13.03.2013
	TR	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
	IS	13.07.2013
	PT	15.07.2013
	IE	19.12.2013
	LU	19.12.2013
	CH	31.12.2013
	LI	31.12.2013
Former [2015/32]	AT	13.03.2013
	CY	13.03.2013
	DK	13.03.2013
	EE	13.03.2013
	FI	13.03.2013
	HR	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	LV	13.03.2013
	MC	13.03.2013
	RO	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	SK	13.03.2013
	TR	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
	IS	13.07.2013
	PT	15.07.2013
	IE	19.12.2013
	LU	19.12.2013
	CH	31.12.2013
	LI	31.12.2013
Former [2014/48]	AT	13.03.2013
	CY	13.03.2013
	DK	13.03.2013
	EE	13.03.2013
	FI	13.03.2013
	HR	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	LV	13.03.2013
	MC	13.03.2013
	RO	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	SK	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
	IS	13.07.2013
	PT	15.07.2013
	IE	19.12.2013
	LU	19.12.2013
	CH	31.12.2013
	LI	31.12.2013
Former [2014/46]	AT	13.03.2013
	CY	13.03.2013
	DK	13.03.2013
	EE	13.03.2013
	FI	13.03.2013
	HR	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	LV	13.03.2013
	MC	13.03.2013
	RO	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	SK	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
	IS	13.07.2013
	PT	15.07.2013
	LU	19.12.2013
	CH	31.12.2013
	LI	31.12.2013
Former [2014/38]	AT	13.03.2013
	CY	13.03.2013
	DK	13.03.2013
	EE	13.03.2013
	FI	13.03.2013
	HR	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	LV	13.03.2013
	MC	13.03.2013
	RO	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	SK	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
	IS	13.07.2013
	PT	15.07.2013
	LU	19.12.2013
Former [2014/09]	AT	13.03.2013
	CY	13.03.2013
	DK	13.03.2013
	EE	13.03.2013
	FI	13.03.2013
	HR	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	LV	13.03.2013
	RO	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	SK	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
	IS	13.07.2013
	PT	15.07.2013
Former [2013/52]	AT	13.03.2013
	CY	13.03.2013
	EE	13.03.2013
	FI	13.03.2013
	HR	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	LV	13.03.2013
	RO	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	SK	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
	IS	13.07.2013
	PT	15.07.2013
Former [2013/49]	AT	13.03.2013
	EE	13.03.2013
	FI	13.03.2013
	HR	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	LV	13.03.2013
	RO	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	SK	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
	IS	13.07.2013
	PT	15.07.2013
Former [2013/48]	AT	13.03.2013
	EE	13.03.2013
	FI	13.03.2013
	HR	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	LV	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
	IS	13.07.2013
	PT	15.07.2013
Former [2013/47]	FI	13.03.2013
	HR	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	LV	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
	PT	15.07.2013
Former [2013/41]	FI	13.03.2013
	HR	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	LV	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
Former [2013/38]	FI	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	LV	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
Former [2013/37]	FI	13.03.2013
	LT	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	SI	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
	GR	14.06.2013
Former [2013/34]	LT	13.03.2013
	SE	13.03.2013
	BG	13.06.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
Former [2013/33]	LT	13.03.2013
	NO	13.06.2013
Cited in	International search	[A]WO0212462 (GENENCOR INT [US]) [A] 1-11 * page 14, line 6 - line 10; claim - * * page 28, line 24 - line 26 *;
		[A]WO2007057418 (NOVOZYMES AS [DK], et al) [A] 1-11 * page 8, line 30 - page 9, line 6; claim - *;
		[A]US2003032162 (SCHNORR KIRK [DK], et al) [A] 1-11 * paragraphs [0003] , [0015]; claim - *;
		[A]WO2007118935 (AB ENZYMES OY [FI], et al) [A] 1-11 * page 14, line 8 - line 10; claim - *
	Opposition	JP2000063889
		JPH06343461
		EP1876226
		WO02099091
		WO2006055787
		WO2009016123
		WO2005003274
		- English translation of D1
		- English translation of D2
		- Experimental Report in EP-B-1876226
		- Novozyme data on XYG 2006

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