EP0204484 - Device for conditioning fabrics in the tumble dryer [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.01.1993 Database last updated on 12.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 04.07.2008 | Change - applicant | published on 06.08.2008 [2008/32] | Applicant(s) | For:GB
Unilever PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London Greater London EC4P 4BQ / GB | For:CH
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Unilever N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL | [N/P] |
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Unilever PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB | ||
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UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 NL-3013 AL Rotterdam / NL | |||
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UNILEVER PLC Unilever House Blackfriars P.O. Box 68 London EC4P 4BQ / GB | ||
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UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 NL-3013 AL Rotterdam / NL | |||
Former [1986/50] | For:GB
UNILEVER PLC Unilever House Blackfriars P.O. Box 68 London EC4P 4BQ / GB | ||
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UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 NL-3013 AL Rotterdam / NL | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Leigh, Arthur George High Trees Quarry Road East Heswall Wirral Merseyside L64 6XD / GB | 02 /
Martin, John Robert 16 Prenton Hall Road Prenton Birkenhead Merseyside L43 0RA / GB | [1986/50] | Representative(s) | Fransella, Mary Evelyn, et al Unilever PLC Unilever Intellectual Property Group Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford, MK44 1LQ / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1991/36] | Fransella, Mary Evelyn, et al Unilever PLC Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | ||
Former [1991/02] | Ford, Michael Frederick MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | ||
Former [1990/20] | Stancliffe, Terence Christopher UNILEVER PLC Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook GB-Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | ||
Former [1988/26] | van Gent, Jan Paulus Unilever N.V., Patent Division Postbus 137 NL-3130 AC Vlaardingen / NL | ||
Former [1986/50] | Gambell, Derek UNILEVER PLC Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook GB-Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 86303999.6 | 27.05.1986 | [1986/50] | Priority number, date | GB19850013480 | 29.05.1985 Original published format: GB 8513480 | [1986/50] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0204484 | Date: | 10.12.1986 | Language: | EN | [1986/50] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0204484 | Date: | 08.02.1989 | Language: | EN | [1989/06] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0204484 | Date: | 18.03.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/12] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 20.12.1988 | Classification | IPC: | D06F58/20, C11D17/04 | [1986/50] | CPC: |
D06F58/203 (EP,US);
C11D17/047 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1986/50] | Title | German: | Vorrichtung zum Konditionieren von Geweben im Trommeltrockner | [1986/50] | English: | Device for conditioning fabrics in the tumble dryer | [1986/50] | French: | Dispositif pour le conditionnement d'étoffes dans un séchoir à tambour | [1986/50] | Examination procedure | 07.01.1989 | Examination requested [1989/10] | 16.07.1990 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 25.01.1991 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 07.06.1991 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 16.09.1991 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 23.09.1991 | Fee for grant paid | 23.09.1991 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 19.12.1992 | No opposition filed within time limit [1993/10] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 06.05.1988 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.05.1989 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 19.05.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 08.12.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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