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EP About this file: EP3375856

EP3375856 - FABRIC SOFTENER COMPOSITION COMPRISING ENCAPSULATED BENEFIT AGENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  30.07.2021
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  01.03.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  29.01.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  29.10.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  18.12.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.03.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  17.08.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip18.05.2024New entry: Date of receipt of statement of grounds of an appeal 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
The Procter & Gamble Company
One Procter & Gamble Plaza
Cincinnati, OH 45202 / US
[2018/38]
Inventor(s)01 / FERNANDEZ-PRIETO, Susana
Procter & Gamble Services Company NV
Temselaan 100
1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE
02 / SMETS, Johan
Procter & Gamble Services Company NV
Temselaan 100
1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE
03 / SAVEYN, Pieter Jan Maria
Procter & Gamble Services Company NV
Temselaan 100
1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE
04 / ORLANDINI, Laura
Procter & Gamble
47, route de Saint-Georges
1213 Petit-Lancy 1 / CH
 [2018/38]
Representative(s)Gill Jennings & Every LLP
The Broadgate Tower
20 Primrose Street
London EC2A 2ES / GB
[N/P]
Former [2021/35]P&G Patent Belgium UK
N.V. Procter & Gamble Services Company S.A.
Temselaan 100
1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE
Former [2018/38]Yorquez Ramirez, Maria Isabel, et al
Procter & Gamble
Technical Centres Limited
Whitley Road
Longbenton
Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 9TS / GB
Application number, filing date17161464.716.03.2017
[2018/38]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3375856
Date:19.09.2018
Language:EN
[2018/38]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3375856
Date:01.09.2021
Language:EN
[2021/35]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.09.2017
ClassificationIPC:C11D3/00, C11D3/50, C11D1/62, C11D3/22, C11D3/37, C11D17/00
[2018/38]
CPC:
C11D3/222 (EP,US); C11D1/62 (EP,US); C11D17/0039 (EP,US);
C11D3/0015 (EP,US); C11D3/3757 (EP,US); C11D3/3773 (US);
C11D3/505 (EP,US); C11D2111/12 (US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2019/17]
Former [2018/38]AL,  AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
TitleGerman:WEICHMACHERZUSAMMENSETZUNG MIT VERKAPSELTEM PFLEGESTOFF[2018/38]
English:FABRIC SOFTENER COMPOSITION COMPRISING ENCAPSULATED BENEFIT AGENT[2018/38]
French:COMPOSITION D'ADOUCISSANT TEXTILE COMPRENANT UN AGENT BÉNÉFIQUE ENCAPSULÉ[2018/38]
Examination procedure19.03.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
19.03.2019Examination requested  [2019/17]
19.03.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
02.01.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.04.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.10.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.01.2021Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
02.03.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.07.2021Fee for grant paid
12.07.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
12.07.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  31.05.2022  02.06.2022  ADMISSIBLE
Cabinet Beau de Loménie
158 Rue de l'Université
75340 Paris Cedex 07 / FR
 [2022/27]
14.06.2022Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
24.10.2022Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
27.11.2023Date of oral proceedings
16.01.2024Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
16.01.2024Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
Appeal following opposition14.03.2024Appeal received No.  T0402/24
14.03.2024Payment of appeal fee
16.05.2024Statement of grounds filed
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.03.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
12.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
12.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO2011054389  (UNILEVER PLC [GB], et al) [A] 1-15* claim 12 *;
 [Y]US2014338134  (FERNANDEZ PRIETO SUSANA [ES], et al) [Y] 1-15 * claims 1-22 *;
 [Y]EP2824169  (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]) [Y] 1-15 * paragraphs [0004] , [00 5] , [0 21] , [0 34] , [0 47] - [0053] - [0 92]; example -; claims 1, 12-14 *
by applicantUS4137180
 WO03062361
 WO2007062833
 US2007275866
 WO2008057985
 WO2008076753
 WO2008079693
 WO2009037060
 US2013109612
 WO2015006635
 EP2496676
    - DEARDEN JC; BRESNAN, "The Measurement of Partition Coefficients", MOLECULAR INFORMATICS, (1988), vol. 7, no. 3, pages 133 - 144
OppositionWO2011054389
 US2011269658
 EP2620211
 WO2013154675
 US2013310301
 US8765659
 US2014338134
 EP2824169
 US2015159119
 WO2016061435
 EP3339408
 EP3339411
 EP3375855
    - Anonymous, "The world's first commercial-scale production facility for microfibrillated celluose", Production Plant | Exilva, a product by Borregaard, (20161103), pages 1 - 2, XP055930554
    - Anonymous, "Appendix A -Experimental report. Section 1: preparation of microcapsule dispersions", BEAU de LOMENIE, (20220531), pages 1 - 7, XP055930562
    - Anonymous, "Information sheet of Ultra Downy Free & Gentle Liquid Fabric Conditioner", Downy, (20220519), page 1, XP055930542
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