| EP4422572 - ABSORBENT WEB AND ARTICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 20.02.2026 Database last updated on 28.02.2026 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 05.12.2025 | ||
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| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 05.05.2023 | Most recent event Tooltip | 20.02.2026 | (Expected) grant | published on 25.03.2026 [2026/13] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Solventum Intellectual Properties Company 3M Center, 275-6E-21 2510 Conway Ave E Maplewood, MN 55144 / US | [2024/36] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HOLM, David R. Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 / US | 02 /
JACOBSON, Richard L. Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 / US | [2024/36] | Representative(s) | Simmons & Simmons City Point One Ropemaker Street London EC2Y 9SS / GB | [2024/36] | Application number, filing date | 22886251.2 | 17.10.2022 | [2024/36] | WO2022IB59955 | Priority number, date | US202163273207P | 29.10.2021 Original published format: US 202163273207 P | [2024/36] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2023073497 | Date: | 04.05.2023 | Language: | EN | [2023/18] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4422572 | Date: | 04.09.2024 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.05.2023 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2024/36] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4422572 | Date: | 25.03.2026 | Language: | EN | [2026/13] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 04.05.2023 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 05.06.2025 | Classification | IPC: | A61F13/512, A61F13/513 | [2024/36] | CPC: |
A61F13/01012 (EP);
A61F13/00987 (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, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2024/36] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | Validation states | KH | Not yet paid | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | TN | Not yet paid | Title | German: | ABSORBIERENDE BAHN UND ARTIKEL | [2024/36] | English: | ABSORBENT WEB AND ARTICLE | [2024/36] | French: | BANDE ABSORBANTE ET ARTICLE | [2024/36] | Entry into regional phase | 30.04.2024 | National basic fee paid | 30.04.2024 | Search fee paid | 30.04.2024 | Designation fee(s) paid | 30.04.2024 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 30.04.2024 | Examination requested [2024/36] | 06.11.2024 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 13.11.2025 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 05.12.2025 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 12.02.2026 | Fee for grant paid | 12.02.2026 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 12.02.2026 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 22.10.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 22.10.2025 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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