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EP About this file: EP3959152

EP3959152 - SELECTIVELY OPENABLE CLOSURE FOR A CONTAINER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  28.01.2022
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  31.10.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip27.04.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Berry Global, Inc.
101 Oakley Street
Evansville, Indiana 47710 / US
[2022/09]
Inventor(s)01 / FRENCH, Jordan Robert
3700 Aspen Drive
Evansvilee, Indiana 47711 / US
02 / TEMPEL, Seth A.
1418 Brookside Dr.
Evansville, Indiana 47714 / US
03 / VASSALLO, John A.
106 Ridgefield Way
Lititz, Pennsylvania 17543 / US
04 / GIFT, Steven Daniel
316 Cobblers Ct.
Lititz, Pennsylvania 17543 / US
 [2022/09]
Representative(s)Greenwood, Matthew David
Bryers Intellectual Property Limited
Bristol & Bath Science Park
Dirac Crescent
Emersons Green
Bristol BS16 7FR / GB
[N/P]
Former [2022/09]Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München / DE
Application number, filing date20794778.922.04.2020
[2022/09]
WO2020US29257
Priority number, dateUS201962837541P23.04.2019         Original published format: US 201962837541 P
[2022/09]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020219509
Date:29.10.2020
Language:EN
[2020/44]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3959152
Date:02.03.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.10.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/09]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US29.10.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.11.2022
ClassificationIPC:B65D50/04, B65D55/02, B65D41/04, B65D50/00, B65D55/10
[2022/09]
CPC:
B65D50/046 (EP); B65D50/043 (US); B65D1/0246 (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 [2022/09]
TitleGerman:SELEKTIV ZU ÖFFNENDER VERSCHLUSS FÜR EINEN BEHÄLTER[2022/09]
English:SELECTIVELY OPENABLE CLOSURE FOR A CONTAINER[2022/09]
French:FERMETURE POUR UN CONTENANT POUVANT ÊTRE OUVERTE DE MANIÈRE SÉLECTIVE[2022/09]
Entry into regional phase22.10.2021National basic fee paid 
22.10.2021Search fee paid 
22.10.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
22.10.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.10.2021Examination requested  [2022/09]
23.06.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
24.04.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
25.04.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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 [X]US4752013  (MILLER JACK V [US], et al) [X] 1-3,5,9-12,14,15 * figure - *;
 [YA]US6612450  (BUONO CAETANO [US]) [Y] 7,8 * column 4, line 11 - line 26; figure 2b *[A] 4
International search[A]US3514003  (FITZGERALD MILLARD C) [A] 1-20* , entire document *;
 [A]US3895730  (KOEHNE ANTHONY J, et al) [A] 1-20 * , entire document *;
 [A]US4512484  (MAR BOB [US]) [A] 1-20 * , entire document *;
 [XY]WO9004546  (HENKEL KGAA [DE]) [X] 1-7, 9-15, 17-20 * , entire document, especially Fig. 1, 2, 3; page 3, paragraph 5; page 3, paragraph 4; page 4, paragraph 5; page 4, paragraph 6; page 3, paragraph 2; * [Y] 16;
 [A]US5449077  (SEIDLER DAVID [US]) [A] 1-20 * , entire document *;
 [A]US5460281  (RAPCHAK THOMAS P [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * , entire document *;
 [Y]US2007102856  (KERR RONALD W [US], et al) [Y] 6, 8 * , entire document, especially Fig. 1; para[0052]; *;
 [A]US2010051572  (BEECROFT W GORDON [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * , entire document *;
 [A]US8292110  (RUTTER BRYCE G [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * , entire document *;
 [Y]US2013075403  (VAN GEEL FILIP DOMINIQUE HUBERT [BE], et al) [Y] 16 * , entire document, especially Fig. 3, 6; para[0059]; *;
 [XY]US2013126530  (MORRIS JR GLENN H [US]) [X] 1-3 * , entire document, especially Fig. 1, 2; para[0019]; para[0024]; para[0022]; para[0025]; * [Y] 6, 8;
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by applicantUS4331247
 US4751013
 US6612450
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