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EP About this file: EP3741338

EP3741338 - PAD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.07.2024
Database last updated on 25.12.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  04.08.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  25.05.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  14.05.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  23.10.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip22.11.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC		published on 25.12.2024  [2024/52]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
H Y G I E N E Oederan Produktionsgesellschaft mbH Herstellung von Damen- und Erwachsenenhygiene
Ringstrasse 12
09569 Oederan / DE
[2020/48]
Inventor(s)01 / Kunick, Paul
Dorfstraße 8
09648 Altmittweida / DE
02 / Lothar, Schmidt
Am Taubenberg 5
56727 Mayen / DE
 [2020/48]
Representative(s)Steiniger, Carmen
Patentanwaltskanzlei Dr. Steiniger
Reichsstraße 37
09112 Chemnitz / DE
[2020/48]
Application number, filing date20170165.317.04.2020
[2020/48]
Priority number, dateDE201920102949U24.05.2019         Original published format: DE 202019102949 U
[2020/48]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3741338
Date:25.11.2020
Language:DE
[2020/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3741338
Date:06.09.2023
Language:DE
[2023/36]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.09.2020
ClassificationIPC:A61F13/20
[2020/48]
CPC:
A61F13/2051 (EP); A61F13/2071 (EP)
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 [2021/24]  
Former [2020/48]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:TAMPON[2020/48]
English:PAD[2020/48]
French:TAMPON[2020/48]
Examination procedure07.05.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
07.05.2021Examination requested  [2021/24]
07.05.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
26.05.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.07.2023Fee for grant paid
26.07.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
26.07.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)07.06.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/33]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
24.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCZ06.09.2023
ES06.09.2023
HR06.09.2023
MC06.09.2023
PL06.09.2023
RO06.09.2023
RS06.09.2023
SK06.09.2023
SM06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
IS06.01.2024
[2024/52]
Former [2024/25]CZ06.09.2023
ES06.09.2023
HR06.09.2023
PL06.09.2023
RO06.09.2023
RS06.09.2023
SK06.09.2023
SM06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
IS06.01.2024
Former [2024/23]CZ06.09.2023
ES06.09.2023
HR06.09.2023
RO06.09.2023
RS06.09.2023
SK06.09.2023
SM06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
IS06.01.2024
Former [2024/20]HR06.09.2023
RS06.09.2023
SM06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
IS06.01.2024
Former [2024/11]HR06.09.2023
RS06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
Former [2024/08]NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
Documents cited:Search[A]US4056103  (KACZMARZYK LEONARD M, et al) [A] 1-5 * column 2, lines 13-51 * * claims 1-7 *;
 [XI]EP0564681  (SANPOINT AB [SE]) [X] 1,5 * claims 1-7 * [I] 2-4;
 [A]DE19753665  (JOHNSON & JOHNSON GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-5 * page 2, lines 1-7,51-54 * * claim 1 *;
 [A]US2005113786  (CARLIN EDWARD P [US]) [A] 1-5* paragraph [0040] *;
 [A]EP2236110  (SANDLER AG [DE]) [A] 1-5 * paragraph [0019]; claims 1-12 *
by applicantDE2053040
 DE2520899
 DE2625177
 DE202009004264U
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