| EP0408279 - Fabric softening composition [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.02.1997 Database last updated on 21.03.2026 | 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 | |||
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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 | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Foster, Francis Geoffrey Quarry Road East, Bebington Wirral, Merseyside L63 3JW / GB | 02 /
Turner, Graham Andrew Quarry Road East, Bebington Wirral, Merseyside L63 3JW / GB | [1991/03] | Representative(s) | Mole, Peter Geoffrey, et al UNILEVER PLC Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1995/35] | Mole, Peter Geoffrey, et al UNILEVER PLC Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | ||
| Former [1995/10] | Nicholls, Kathryn Margaret MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | ||
| Former [1991/03] | Stancliffe, Terence Christopher UNILEVER PLC Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook GB-Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 90307461.5 | 09.07.1990 | [1991/03] | Priority number, date | GB19890015848 | 11.07.1989 Original published format: GB 8915848 | [1991/03] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0408279 | Date: | 16.01.1991 | Language: | EN | [1991/03] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0408279 | Date: | 23.10.1991 | Language: | EN | [1991/43] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0408279 | Date: | 10.04.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/15] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 02.09.1991 | Classification | IPC: | C11D3/22, C11D1/88, C11D1/90, C11D1/75 | [1991/03] | CPC: |
C11D1/88 (EP);
C11D1/75 (EP);
C11D1/90 (EP);
C11D3/0015 (EP);
C11D3/225 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1991/03] | Title | German: | Wäscheweichmacher | [1991/03] | English: | Fabric softening composition | [1991/03] | French: | Composition adoucissante pour textile | [1991/03] | Examination procedure | 30.09.1991 | Examination requested [1991/48] | 02.09.1994 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 13.03.1995 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 29.05.1995 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 04.10.1995 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 09.10.1995 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 21.11.1995 | Fee for grant paid | 21.11.1995 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 11.01.1997 | No opposition filed within time limit [1997/14] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.07.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 16.07.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 19.07.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 15.07.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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