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EP About this file: EP3973936

EP3973936 - UNDERPANTS-SHAPED ABSORBENT ARTICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.05.2024
Database last updated on 13.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  02.06.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  27.02.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.04.2022
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  25.02.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE, SI		published on 04.09.2024  [2024/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Unicharm Corporation
182 Shimobun
Kinsei-cho
Shikokuchuo-shi, Ehime 799-0111 / JP
[2022/13]
Inventor(s)01 / MATSUO, Takanori
Kanonji-shi, 769-1602 / JP
02 / FUJII, Keishi
Kanonji-shi, 769-1602 / JP
 [2022/13]
Representative(s)Dolleymores
9 Rickmansworth Road
Watford, Hertfordshire WD18 0JU / GB
[2022/13]
Application number, filing date21197150.216.09.2021
[2022/13]
Priority number, dateJP2020016414729.09.2020         Original published format: JP 2020164147
[2022/13]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3973936
Date:30.03.2022
Language:EN
[2022/13]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3973936
Date:05.07.2023
Language:EN
[2023/27]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.02.2022
ClassificationIPC:A61F13/49, A61F13/494, A61F13/496, A61F13/53
[2022/13]
CPC:
A61F13/496 (EP); A61F13/49061 (EP); A61F13/494 (EP);
A61F13/53 (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 [2022/21]
Former [2022/13]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:UNTERHOSENFÖRMIGER ABSORBIERENDER ARTIKEL[2022/13]
English:UNDERPANTS-SHAPED ABSORBENT ARTICLE[2022/13]
French:ARTICLE ABSORBANT EN FORME DE CULOTTE[2022/13]
Examination procedure20.04.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
20.04.2022Examination requested  [2022/21]
20.04.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
28.02.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.05.2023Fee for grant paid
26.05.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
26.05.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)08.04.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/24]
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT05.07.2023
CZ05.07.2023
DK05.07.2023
EE05.07.2023
ES05.07.2023
FI05.07.2023
HR05.07.2023
IT05.07.2023
LT05.07.2023
LV05.07.2023
MC05.07.2023
PL05.07.2023
RO05.07.2023
RS05.07.2023
SE05.07.2023
SI05.07.2023
SK05.07.2023
SM05.07.2023
IE16.09.2023
LU16.09.2023
BE30.09.2023
NO05.10.2023
GR06.10.2023
IS05.11.2023
PT06.11.2023
[2024/36]
Former [2024/33]AT05.07.2023
CZ05.07.2023
DK05.07.2023
EE05.07.2023
ES05.07.2023
FI05.07.2023
HR05.07.2023
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MC05.07.2023
PL05.07.2023
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IE16.09.2023
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GR06.10.2023
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PT06.11.2023
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LU16.09.2023
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SM05.07.2023
LU16.09.2023
NO05.10.2023
GR06.10.2023
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PT06.11.2023
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CZ05.07.2023
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NO05.10.2023
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PT06.11.2023
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CZ05.07.2023
DK05.07.2023
ES05.07.2023
FI05.07.2023
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NO05.10.2023
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PT06.11.2023
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FI05.07.2023
HR05.07.2023
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SM05.07.2023
NO05.10.2023
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PT06.11.2023
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FI05.07.2023
HR05.07.2023
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PT06.11.2023
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LT05.07.2023
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NO05.10.2023
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Former [2024/08]LT05.07.2023
NO05.10.2023
GR06.10.2023
Documents cited:Search[A]JP2015116471  (KAO CORP) [A] 1-14 * figures 1, 3, 5, 6; examples 1-4 *;
 [A]US2016206483  (NISHIKAWA MASAHARU [US], et al) [A] 1-14 * paragraph [0096]; figures 1, 16A-16C, 20; claims 1-11 *;
 [A]WO2018096877  (OJI HOLDINGS CORP [JP]) [A] 1-14* paragraph [0062]; figures 1-4, 8 *;
 [A]US2018168888  (ZINK RONALD JOSEPH [US], et al) [A] 1-14 * figures 3, 4 *
by applicantJP4092319B
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