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EP0743052 - Disposable three-dimensional garment [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.09.2001
Database last updated on 26.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip08.03.2002Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 24.04.2002  [2002/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
401 North Lake Street
Neenah, WI 54956 / US
[N/P]
Former [2000/44]For all designated states
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
401 North Lake Street
Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 / US
Former [1997/49]For all designated states
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
401 North Lake Street
Neenah, WI 54956 / US
Former [1996/47]For all designated states
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
401 North Lake Street
Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Van Gompel, Paul Theodore
W9029 School Road
Hortonville, WI 54944 / US
02 / Suprise, Jody Dorothy
113 Harrison Street
Neenah, WI 54956 / US
03 / Schleinz, Robert Joseph
102 Prairie Ct.
Appleton, WI 54915 / US
04 / Ziegler, Diane Mildred
2535 Sunnyview Circle
Appleton, WI 54914 / US
05 / Popp, Robert Lee
805 Giese Street
Hortonville, WI 54944 / US
06 / Poklasny, June Marjorie
1545 Arboretum Drive, Unit 216
Oshkosh, WI 54901 / US
[1996/47]
Representative(s)Diehl, Hermann O. Th., et al
Diehl & Partner GbR
Augustenstrasse 46
80333 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1996/47]Diehl, Hermann, Dr. Dipl.-Phys., et al
DIEHL, GLÄSER, HILTL & PARTNER Patentanwälte Flüggenstrasse 13
80639 München / DE
Application number, filing date96113342.809.12.1992
[1996/47]
Priority number, dateUS1991080999318.12.1991         Original published format: US 809993
[1996/47]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0743052
Date:20.11.1996
Language:EN
[1996/47]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0743052
Date:28.05.1997
[1997/22]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0743052
Date:02.11.2000
Language:EN
[2000/44]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.04.1997
ClassificationIPC:A61F13/15
[1996/47]
CPC:
A61F13/49014 (EP); A61F13/15 (KR); A61F13/49019 (EP);
A61F13/496 (EP); A61F13/51498 (EP); G09B19/0076 (EP);
A61F13/5148 (EP); A61F2013/15243 (EP); A61F2013/49031 (EP);
A61F2013/49033 (EP); A61F2013/49047 (EP); A61F2013/49088 (EP);
A61F2013/4909 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IE,   IT,   NL,   SE [1996/47]
TitleGerman:Dreidimensionales Wegwerfkleidungsstück[1996/47]
English:Disposable three-dimensional garment[1996/47]
French:Vêtement jetable tridimensionnel[1996/47]
Examination procedure20.08.1996Examination requested  [1996/47]
13.11.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
22.03.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.07.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
02.02.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.05.2000Fee for grant paid
10.05.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP92121010.0  / EP0547497
Opposition(s)03.08.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.08.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
20.08.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
23.12.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
05.12.1997Renewal fee patent year 06
21.12.1998Renewal fee patent year 07
06.12.1999Renewal fee patent year 08
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