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EP0971667
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0971667
| EP0971667 - HIGH PERMEABILITY LINER WITH IMPROVED INTAKE AND DISTRIBUTION [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.10.2003 Database last updated on 10.05.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.12.2003 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES | published on 21.01.2004 [2004/04] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 401 North Lake Street Neenah, WI 54956 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/03] | For all designated states KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 401 North Lake Street Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
STOKES, Ty, Jackson 4535 Sutton Lane Suwanee, GA 30174 / US | 02 /
CLARK, Darryl, Franklin 10365 Plantation Bridge Drive Alpharetta, GA 30202 / US | 03 /
VARONA, Eugenio, Go 3309 Woodrun Trail Marietta, GA 30062 / US | [2000/03] | Representative(s) | Diehl, Hermann O. Th., et al Diehl & Partner GbR Augustenstrasse 46 80333 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/03] | Diehl, Hermann, Dr. Dipl.-Phys., et al DIEHL, GLÄSER, HILTL & PARTNER Patentanwälte Augustenstrasse 46 80333 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 98910396.5 | 13.03.1998 | [2000/03] | WO1998US05024 | Priority number, date | US19970829273 | 31.03.1997 Original published format: US 829273 | [2000/03] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9843587 | Date: | 08.10.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/40] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0971667 | Date: | 19.01.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.10.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/03] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0971667 | Date: | 11.12.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/50] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 08.10.1998 | Classification | IPC: | A61F13/15, D04H1/54, A61F13/46 | [2000/03] | CPC: |
A61F13/512 (EP,KR,US);
D04H1/4382 (KR);
A61F13/5148 (EP,KR,US);
D04H1/4291 (KR);
D04H1/5412 (EP,KR,US);
D04H1/5414 (EP,KR,US);
D04H1/5416 (EP,KR,US);
D04H1/544 (EP,KR,US);
A61F2013/15284 (EP,KR,US);
A61F2013/51011 (EP,KR,US)
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| Designated contracting states | BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE [2000/03] | Title | German: | EINLAGE HOHER DURCHLÄSSIGKEIT MIT VERBESSERTER AUFNAHME UND VERTEILUNG | [2002/34] | English: | HIGH PERMEABILITY LINER WITH IMPROVED INTAKE AND DISTRIBUTION | [2000/03] | French: | GARNITURE A HAUTE PERMEABILITE ET DISTRIBUTION ET ABSORPTION AMELIOREES | [2002/05] |
| Former [2000/03] | EINLAGE HOHER DURCHLÄSSIGKEIT MIT VERBESSERTER SAUGFÄHIGKEIT UND VERTEILUNG | ||
| Former [2000/03] | GARNITURE HAUTE IMPERMEABILITE A DISTRIBUTION ET ABSORPTION AMELIOREES | Entry into regional phase | 17.09.1999 | National basic fee paid | 17.09.1999 | Designation fee(s) paid | 17.09.1999 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 07.08.1998 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 17.09.1999 | Examination requested [2000/03] | 08.06.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 05.10.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.02.2002 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 24.06.2002 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 09.07.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 10.09.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 10.09.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 12.09.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2003/49] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 06.03.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 05.03.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 04.03.2002 | 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 | BE | 11.12.2002 | NL | 11.12.2002 | SE | 11.03.2003 | ES | 27.06.2003 | [2004/04] |
| Former [2003/51] | BE | 11.12.2002 | |
| NL | 11.12.2002 | ||
| SE | 11.03.2003 | ||
| Former [2003/30] | NL | 11.12.2002 | |
| SE | 11.03.2003 | ||
| Former [2003/27] | SE | 11.03.2003 | Cited in | International search | [A]JPH03241079 ; | [A]JPH08322881 ; | [PA]WO9723182 (KIMBERLY CLARK CO [US]) [PA] 1-16 * page 13, line 6 - page 18, line 21; figures 2,3 *; | [A]US5294478 (WANEK MARY C [US], et al) [A] 1-16 * figures 1,2,7,8 *; | [PAD]WO9724482 (KIMBELY CLARK CORP [US]) [PAD] 1-16 * figures 4,5 *; | [A]EP0672774 (KIMBERLY CLARK CO [US]) [A] 1-16 * the whole document *; | [A]EP0633009 (CHISSO CORP [JP]) [A] 1-16 * the whole document * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19920124), vol. 016, no. 029, Database accession no. (C - 0904), & JP03241079 A 19911028 (DAINIPPON PRINTING CO LTD;OTHERS: 01) [A] 1-16 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19970430), vol. 097, no. 004, & JP08322881 A 19961210 (NEW OJI PAPER CO LTD) [A] 1-16 * abstract * |