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EP0415698
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| EP0415698 - Fabric softening composition [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 17.10.2003 Database last updated on 07.10.2024 | 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 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 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 /
Mohammadi, Mansur Sultan Quarry Road East, Bebington Wirral, Merseyside L63 3JW / GB | 02 /
Willis, Edwin Quarry Road East, Bebington Wirral, Merseyside L63 3JW / GB | 03 /
Montague, Peter Graham 15 Buccleuch Close, Dunchurch Rugby, Warwickshire CB22 6QB / GB | 04 /
Van de Pas, Johannes Cornelis Burgemeester's Jacobsplein 1 Rotterdam / NL | [1991/10] | Representative(s) | Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever Patent Group Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2008/22] | Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever Patent Group Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | ||
| Former [2003/29] | Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever PLC Patent Department, Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | ||
| Former [2001/46] | Watson, Robert James, et al Mewburn Ellis York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | ||
| Former [2000/34] | Nicholls, Kathryn Margaret, et al MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | ||
| Former [2000/30] | Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever plc Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | ||
| Former [1996/27] | Nicholls, Kathryn Margaret, et al MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | ||
| Former [1996/12] | Mole, Peter Geoffrey UNILEVER PLC Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | ||
| Former [1996/08] | (deleted) | ||
| Former [1993/14] | Nicholls, Kathryn Margaret, et al MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | ||
| Former [1991/10] | Stancliffe, Terence Christopher UNILEVER PLC Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook GB-Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 90309376.3 | 28.08.1990 | [1991/10] | Priority number, date | GB19890019669 | 31.08.1989 Original published format: GB 8919669 | [1991/10] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0415698 | Date: | 06.03.1991 | Language: | EN | [1991/10] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0415698 | Date: | 10.04.1991 | Language: | EN | [1991/15] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0415698 | Date: | 01.03.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/09] | Type: | B2 New European patent specification | No.: | EP0415698 | Date: | 03.12.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/49] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 18.02.1991 | Classification | IPC: | C11D17/00, C11D3/37 | [1991/10] | CPC: |
C11D3/3765 (EP);
D06M13/217 (KR);
C11D17/0026 (EP);
C11D3/0015 (EP);
C11D3/37 (EP);
D06M23/02 (KR)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1991/10] | Title | German: | Wäscheweichmacher | [1991/10] | English: | Fabric softening composition | [1991/10] | French: | Composition adoucissante pour textile | [1991/10] | Examination procedure | 27.03.1991 | Examination requested [1991/21] | 13.10.1992 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 23.04.1993 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 08.06.1993 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 17.12.1993 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.03.1994 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 31.08.1994 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 16.09.1994 | Fee for grant paid | 16.09.1994 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE PROCTER & GAMBLE EUROPEAN TECHNICAL CENTER N.V. Temselaan 100 B-1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE Opponent's representative Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Nymphenburger Straße 4 80335 München / DE | [N/P] |
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ADMISSIBLE PROCTER & GAMBLE EUROPEAN TECHNICAL CENTER N.V. Temselaan 100 B-1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE Opponent's representative TER MEER STEINMEISTER & PARTNER GbR Mauerkircherstrasse 45 81679 München / DE | ||
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ADMISSIBLE PROCTER & GAMBLE EUROPEAN TECHNICAL CENTER N.V. Temselaan 100 B-1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE Opponent's representative Engisch, Gautier Procter & Gamble European Technical Center N.V. Temselaan 100 1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE | deleted | Deletion: Legal effect of rejection of opposition [ N /P ] | 11.01.1996 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 23.09.1996 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 04.06.1997 | Date of oral proceedings | 18.06.1997 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 18.06.1997 | Date of despatch of rejection of opposition | 17.06.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M02) | 02.04.2003 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 12.04.2003 | Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition | 18.07.2003 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended | 06.10.2003 | Fee for printing new specification paid | Appeal following opposition | 19.08.1997 | Appeal received No. T0894/97 | 27.10.1997 | Statement of grounds filed | 23.11.2001 | Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form | 23.11.2001 | Date of oral proceedings | 03.12.2001 | Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 14.08.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 16.08.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 22.08.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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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 | CH | 31.08.1997 | LI | 31.08.1997 | [1998/45] | Documents cited: | Search | [AD]EP0303473 (ALBRIGHT & WILSON [GB]); | [A]EP0043622 (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US], et al); | [A]EP0112719 (UNILEVER NV [NL]); | [A]EP0299787 (KAO CORP [JP]); | [A]EP0111984 (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]); | [XP]EP0346995 (UNILEVER NV [NL], et al) |