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EP4197505
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| EP4197505 - DISPOSABLE INSERT AND RE-USABLE SHELL WITH STIFFENING ZONE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 13.06.2025 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 17.02.2025 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 29.12.2023 | ||
| Former | The application has been published Status updated on 19.05.2023 | Most recent event Tooltip | 20.03.2026 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): RO | published on 22.04.2026 [2026/17] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Ontex BV Genthof 5 9255 Buggenhout / BE | For all designated states Ontex Group NV Korte Keppestraat 21 9320 Erembodegem / BE | [2023/25] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
COBBAERT, Dries 1770 Liedekerke / BE | 02 /
WEBER, Ainas 53474 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler / DE | 03 /
IDELSON, Alissa 53359 Rheinbach / DE | 04 /
LAMBERTZ, Christina 56566 Neuwied / DE | [2023/25] | Representative(s) | Macchetta, Andrea Ontex BV Korte Keppestraat 21 9320 Erembodegem-Aalst / BE | [2023/25] | Application number, filing date | 21214315.0 | 14.12.2021 | [2023/25] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4197505 | Date: | 21.06.2023 | Language: | EN | [2023/25] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4197505 | Date: | 16.07.2025 | Language: | EN | [2025/29] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 10.06.2022 | Classification | IPC: | A61F13/47, A61F13/505, A61F13/66, A61F13/49 | [2023/25] | CPC: |
A61F13/66 (EP);
A61F13/4702 (EP);
A61F13/49003 (EP);
A61F13/505 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | 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 [2024/05] |
| Former [2023/25] | 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 | Title | German: | WEGWERFEINSATZ UND WIEDERVERWENDBARE SCHALE MIT VERSTEIFUNGSZONE | [2023/25] | English: | DISPOSABLE INSERT AND RE-USABLE SHELL WITH STIFFENING ZONE | [2023/25] | French: | INSERT JETABLE ET COQUE RÉUTILISABLE AVEC ZONE DE RENFORCEMENT | [2023/25] | Examination procedure | 20.12.2023 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 21.12.2023 | Examination requested [2024/05] | 21.12.2023 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 18.02.2025 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 06.06.2025 | Fee for grant paid | 06.06.2025 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 06.06.2025 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP25189431.7 / EP4623880 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 02.01.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 02.01.2025 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 16.07.2025 | BG | 16.07.2025 | ES | 16.07.2025 | FI | 16.07.2025 | HR | 16.07.2025 | LV | 16.07.2025 | NL | 16.07.2025 | PL | 16.07.2025 | RO | 16.07.2025 | SE | 16.07.2025 | NO | 16.10.2025 | RS | 16.10.2025 | GR | 17.10.2025 | IS | 16.11.2025 | PT | 17.11.2025 | [2026/17] |
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| Former [2026/05] | NL | 16.07.2025 | |
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| Former [2026/03] | PT | 17.11.2025 | Documents cited: | Search | [X] WO9858614 (MOELNLYCKE AB et al.) | [I] WO2016138466 (DSG TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LTD et al.) | by applicant | EP3842017 | EP3659563 | EP3895673 | EP3888606 | US2020054782 | US4414398 | EP21152698 |