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EP About this file: EP3613394

EP3613394 - PROCESS FOR MAKING FIBROUS LAYERS HAVING CHANNELS FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.05.2024
Database last updated on 18.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  23.06.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  12.02.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  28.08.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  24.01.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip15.11.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BG		published on 18.12.2024 [2024/51]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
The Procter & Gamble Company
One Procter & Gamble Plaza
Cincinnati, OH 45202 / US
[2020/09]
Inventor(s)01 / VAN DER KLUGT, Walter Pieter Hendrik Laurentius
Procter & Gamble Manufacturing GmbH
Industriepark am Silberberg
Procter & Gamble Strasse
53881 Euskirchen / DE
02 / FRÖHLICH, Ute
Procter & Gamble Service GmbH
Sulzbacher Strasse 40
65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
03 / BIANCHI, Ernesto Gabriel
Procter & Gamble Service GmbH
Sulzbacher Strasse 40
65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
 [2020/09]
Representative(s)P&G Patent Germany
Procter & Gamble Service GmbH
Sulzbacher Straße 40
65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
[2020/09]
Application number, filing date18189974.121.08.2018
[2020/09]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3613394
Date:26.02.2020
Language:EN
[2020/09]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3613394
Date:26.07.2023
Language:EN
[2023/30]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.02.2019
ClassificationIPC:A61F13/49, A61F13/537, A61F13/15, D04H1/732
[2020/09]
CPC:
A61F13/15626 (EP); A61F13/15658 (US); A61F13/15723 (EP,US);
A61F13/15739 (US); A61F13/49 (EP); A61F13/537 (EP);
B29C66/729 (US); B29C70/504 (US); B29C70/545 (US);
D04H1/732 (EP); A61F2013/15715 (US); B29K2995/0068 (US);
B29L2031/4878 (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 [2020/40]
Former [2020/09]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:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON FASERSCHICHTEN MIT KANÄLEN FÜR ABSORBIERENDE ARTIKEL[2020/09]
English:PROCESS FOR MAKING FIBROUS LAYERS HAVING CHANNELS FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLES[2020/09]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION DE COUCHES FIBREUSES AYANT DES CANAUX POUR ARTICLES ABSORBANTS[2020/09]
Examination procedure21.08.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.08.2020Examination requested  [2020/40]
21.08.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
13.02.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.06.2023Fee for grant paid
14.06.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
14.06.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)29.04.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/27]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
13.08.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
18.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT26.07.2023
BG26.07.2023
CZ26.07.2023
DK26.07.2023
EE26.07.2023
ES26.07.2023
FI26.07.2023
HR26.07.2023
LT26.07.2023
LV26.07.2023
MC26.07.2023
NL26.07.2023
PL26.07.2023
RO26.07.2023
RS26.07.2023
SE26.07.2023
SI26.07.2023
SK26.07.2023
SM26.07.2023
IE21.08.2023
LU21.08.2023
BE31.08.2023
CH31.08.2023
FR26.09.2023
NO26.10.2023
GR27.10.2023
IS26.11.2023
PT27.11.2023
[2024/51]
Former [2024/36]AT26.07.2023
CZ26.07.2023
DK26.07.2023
EE26.07.2023
ES26.07.2023
FI26.07.2023
HR26.07.2023
LT26.07.2023
LV26.07.2023
MC26.07.2023
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PL26.07.2023
RO26.07.2023
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BE31.08.2023
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PT27.11.2023
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SM26.07.2023
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CH31.08.2023
FR26.09.2023
NO26.10.2023
GR27.10.2023
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GR27.10.2023
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PT27.11.2023
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LT26.07.2023
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Documents cited:Search[YDA]WO2004011723  (KIMBERLY CLARK CO [US]) [YD] 1-11,14 * pages 3-15 * * figures 1,1A,3 * [A] 12,13;
 [XYI]US2004098838  (VENTURINO MICHAEL B [US], et al) [X] 1,2,4,7-9,15 * figures 1,1A, 14, 15 * * paragraphs [0008] - [0055] - [0067] - [0071] - [0076] * [Y] 1-11,14[I] 3,5,10,11;
 [XAY]WO2012006300  (3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO [US], et al) [X] 15 * page 12, line 16 - page 13, line 14 * * section G. Methods of making patterned air-laid fibrous web with optrional particulates; page 40 - page 60 * * figures 1,3,4,7a-7F * [A] 12,13 [Y] 1-11,14;
 [XAY]US2017312149  (BIANCHI ERNESTO GABRIEL [DE], et al) [X] 15 * figure 23 * * paragraphs [0061] , [0083] * [A] 12,13 [Y] 1-11,14
by applicantUS4515595
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 US5221274
 US5466409
 US6336922
 WO2004011723
 WO2012170778
 WO2012177400
 WO2012177401
 WO2014093323
 WO2014093310
 WO2014168810
 WO2014200794
 WO2015031225
 WO2015031229
 WO2015031243
 EP2886093
 WO2017189188
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