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EP0586137
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0586137
| EP0586137 - A method for refilling a toilet block container [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1994/10] | Dispensing device | ||
| [2004/25] | Status | Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 30.07.2004 Database last updated on 02.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.07.2004 | Patent maintained (B2 publication) | published on 15.09.2004 [2004/38] | 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 | |||
| Former [1998/02] | For:GB
UNILEVER PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB | ||
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UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL | |||
| Former [1995/32] | For:GB
UNILEVER PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB | ||
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UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 NL-3013 AL Rotterdam / NL | |||
| Former [1994/10] | For:GB
UNILEVER PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB | ||
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UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 NL-3013 AL Rotterdam / NL | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Humfress, Brian George, Unilever Research Port Sunlight Lab., Quarry Road East, Bebington Wirral, Merseyside, L63 3JW / GB | 02 /
Murphy, Martin John, Unilever Research Port Sunlight Lab., Quarry Road East, Bebington Wirral, Merseyside, L63 3JW / GB | [1994/10] | Representative(s) | Dekker, Enno Ernst Jan, et al Unilever Patent Group Olivier van Noortlaan 120 3133 AT Vlaardingen / NL | [N/P] |
| Former [2004/17] | Dekker, Enno E. J., et al Unilever N.V., Patent Department, P.O. Box 137 3130 AC Vlaardingen / NL | ||
| Former [1994/10] | Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever plc Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 93306499.0 | 18.08.1993 | [1994/10] | Priority number, date | GB19920017715 | 20.08.1992 Original published format: GB 9217715 | [1994/10] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0586137 | Date: | 09.03.1994 | Language: | EN | [1994/10] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0586137 | Date: | 07.01.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/02] | Type: | B2 New European patent specification | No.: | EP0586137 | Date: | 15.09.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/38] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 06.12.1993 | Classification | IPC: | E03D9/02 | [1994/10] | CPC: |
E03D9/032 (EP);
E03D2009/024 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1994/10] | Title | German: | Verfahren zum Befüllen eines Toilettensteinbehälters | [2004/25] | English: | A method for refilling a toilet block container | [2004/25] | French: | Procédé pour recharger une nacelle de cuvette de WC | [2004/25] |
| Former [1994/10] | Verteilvorrichtung | ||
| Former [1994/10] | Dispensing device | ||
| Former [1994/10] | Dispositif distributeur | Examination procedure | 08.07.1994 | Examination requested [1994/36] | 21.10.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 20.02.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 23.04.1997 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 30.06.1997 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 12.07.1997 | Fee for grant paid | 12.07.1997 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
28.04.1998
ADMISSIBLE Buck-Chemie GmbH + Co Hertzstr. 1 D-7033 Herrenberg Gültstein / DE Opponent's representative Bartels, Martin Erich Arthur Patentanwälte Bartels und Partner Lange Straße 51 70174 Stuttgart / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/26] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
28.04.1998
ADMISSIBLE Buck-Chemie GmbH + Co Hertzstr. 1 D-7033 Herrenberg Gültstein / DE Opponent's representative Bartels, Martin Erich Arthur Patentanwälte Bartels und Partner Lange Strasse 51 70174 Stuttgart / DE | 09.11.1998 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 21.06.1999 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 08.04.2003 | Date of oral proceedings | 09.01.2004 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 09.01.2004 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 19.01.2004 | Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition | 04.05.2004 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended | 30.06.2004 | Fee for printing new specification paid | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 17.08.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 20.08.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.08.1997 | 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 | 07.01.1998 | ES | 07.01.1998 | LI | 07.01.1998 | SE | 07.04.1998 | NL | 01.03.2001 | [2002/26] |
| Former [2001/37] | CH | 07.01.1998 | |
| LI | 07.01.1998 | ||
| SE | 07.04.1998 | ||
| NL | 01.03.2001 | ||
| Former [1998/45] | CH | 07.01.1998 | |
| LI | 07.01.1998 | ||
| SE | 07.04.1998 | ||
| Former [1998/43] | SE | 07.04.1998 | Documents cited: | Search | [XD]GB1505808 (L'OREAL) [XD] 1-4,6 * page 3, lines 32-37; page 4, lines 112- 126; figure 1 *; | [A]EP0166374 (HENKEL K.G.) [A] 1-4,6 * page 4, line 8 - line 17; figure 2 *; | [A]EP0080943 (HENKEL FRANCE SA) [A] 1-4,6 * page 1, paragraph 2 - page 2, paragraph 1 *; | [A]FR2200414 (HENKEL & CIE. GMBH) [A] 1-4,6 * page 3, line 29 - line 34; figure - * |