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EP2452891 - Complementary personal lubricant compositions and delivery system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 10.04.2015 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	10.04.2015	Refusal of application	published on 13.05.2015 [2015/20]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited 103-105 Bath Road Slough, Berkshire SL1 3UH / GB
	[2014/36]
Former [2012/20]	For all designated states McNeil-PPC, Inc. 199 Grandview Road 08558 Skillman / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Ahmad, Nawaz 26 Joseph Court 08852 Monmouth Junction / US
	02 / Cui, Cheng-Ji 3 Kentsdale Drive 08534 Pennington / US
	03 / Ison, Bryant 15 Pine Knoll Drive 08648 Lawrenceville / US
	04 / Huntington, Elysha 335 West 19th Street, B11 10011 New York / US
	05 / Yumul, Anthony Corwin 504 Grande Apt. A H25 10002 New York / US
	06 / Jeppesen, Jeffrey Lawrence 210 Clinton Avenue, 3C 11205 Brooklyn / US
	[2012/20]
Representative(s)	Cawdell, Karen Teresa, et al Reckitt Benckiser Corporate Services Limited Legal Department - Patents Group Dansom Lane Hull HU8 7DS / GB
	[2014/36]
Former [2012/20]	Metten, Karl-Heinz Boehmert & Boehmert Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München / DE
Application number, filing date	11005243.8	08.02.2008
	[2012/20]
Priority number, date	US20070889062P	09.02.2007 Original published format: US 889062 P
	US20070842271	21.08.2007 Original published format: US 842271
	US20070842487	21.08.2007 Original published format: US 842487
	[2012/20]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2452891
	Date:	16.05.2012
	Language:	EN
	[2012/20]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP2452891
	Date:	29.08.2012
	Language:	EN
	[2012/35]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	01.08.2012
Classification	IPC:	A61K9/00, A61K31/047, A61K31/16, A61K31/167, A61K31/235, A61K31/245, A61K31/445, A61K31/455, A61K45/06, A61K36/63, A61K36/61, A61K36/81, A61K36/906, B65D81/32	[2012/33]
	CPC:	A61K31/047 (EP,US); B65D81/32 (KR); A61F5/41 (KR); A61K31/16 (EP,US); A61K31/167 (EP,US); A61K31/235 (EP,US); (+) A61K31/245 (EP,US); A61K31/355 (US); A61K31/445 (EP,US); A61K31/455 (EP,US); A61K36/61 (EP,US); A61K36/63 (EP,US); A61K36/81 (EP,US); A61K36/906 (EP,US); A61K36/9068 (US); A61K45/06 (EP,US); A61K9/00 (KR); A61K9/0034 (EP,US); A61P15/00 (EP); A61P15/02 (EP); A61P15/08 (EP); B65D81/3205 (EP,US); B65D2303/00 (EP,US) (-)
	C-Set:	A61K31/047, A61K2300/00 (US,EP); A61K31/167, A61K2300/00 (US,EP); A61K31/16, A61K2300/00 (US,EP); A61K31/235, A61K2300/00 (US,EP); (+) A61K31/245, A61K2300/00 (EP,US); A61K31/445, A61K2300/00 (EP,US); A61K31/455, A61K2300/00 (EP,US); A61K36/61, A61K2300/00 (EP,US); A61K36/63, A61K2300/00 (EP,US); A61K36/81, A61K2300/00 (US,EP); A61K36/906, A61K2300/00 (US,EP) (-)
	Former IPC [2012/20]	B65D81/32, A61K9/00
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 [2012/20]
Title	German:	Komplementäre Gleitmittelzusammensetzung und Ausgabesystem	[2012/20]
	English:	Complementary personal lubricant compositions and delivery system	[2012/20]
	French:	Compositions lubrifiantes personnelles complémentaires et système de distribution	[2012/20]
Examination procedure	28.06.2011	Examination requested [2012/20]
	05.11.2011	Loss of particular rights, legal effect: Claims
	22.12.2011	Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: Claims {1}
	28.02.2013	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	02.10.2013	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	30.01.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	21.10.2014	Application refused, date of legal effect [2015/20]
	21.10.2014	Date of oral proceedings
	02.12.2014	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	04.12.2014	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2015/20]
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP08729411.2 / EP2121479
Divisional application(s)	EP14189532.6 / EP2842551
Request for further processing for:	Loss of rights: Claims
	22.02.2012	Request for further processing filed
	22.02.2012	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	16.03.2012	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	28.06.2011	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.06.2011	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 05
	12.02.2013	Renewal fee patent year 06
	12.02.2014	Renewal fee patent year 07
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	29.02.2012	05 M06 Fee paid on 14.03.2012
	28.02.2015	08 M06 Not yet paid
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		ES2074030
		US5885591
		US6641825
		US7005408
		US20030390511
		US20030389871
		US20030696939
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