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EP1137397 - WASHING COMPOSITIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.12.2004 Database last updated on 28.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	28.03.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT, PT	published on 30.04.2008 [2008/18]
Applicant(s)	For:CY GB IE Unilever PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London Greater London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LI LU MC NL PT SE Unilever N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
	[N/P]
Former [2004/06]	For:CY GB IE UNILEVER PLC Unilever House, Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LI LU MC NL PT SE UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Former [2001/40]	For:CY GB IE UNILEVER PLC Unilever House, Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LI LU MC NL PT SE UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Inventor(s)	01 / ECCLESON, Graham C., Unilever Res. Port Sunlight Quarry Road East, Bebington Wirral, Merseyside CH63 3JW / GB
	02 / FAIRLEY, Peter, Unilever Research Port Sunlight Quarry Road East, Bebington Wirral, Merseyside CH63 3JW / GB
	03 / LAM, Stanley 100 Devon Avenue, Apt. 51 Pleasent Hill, CA CA 94523 / US
	[2001/40]
Representative(s)	James, Helen Sarah, et al Unilever PLC Unilever Patent Group Bronland 14 6708 WH Wageningen / NL
	[N/P]
Former [2001/40]	Griffiths, Helen Sarah, et al Unilever PLC, Patent Division, Colworth House Sharnbrook, Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Application number, filing date	99958146.5	29.11.1999
	[2001/40]
	WO1999EP09328
Priority number, date	GB19980027224	10.12.1998 Original published format: GB 9827224
	[2001/40]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0033807
	Date:	15.06.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/24]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1137397
	Date:	04.10.2001
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.06.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2001/40]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1137397
	Date:	04.02.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/06]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	15.06.2000
Classification	IPC:	A61K7/50, A61K7/48, A61K7/06	[2001/40]
	CPC:	A61Q19/10 (EP,US); A61K8/731 (EP,US); A61K8/737 (EP,US); A61K8/892 (EP,US); A61Q5/02 (EP,US); A61K2800/5426 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2001/40]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	WASCHMITTELZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN	[2001/40]
	English:	WASHING COMPOSITIONS	[2001/40]
	French:	COMPOSITIONS DE LAVAGE	[2001/40]
Entry into regional phase	31.05.2001	National basic fee paid
	31.05.2001	Designation fee(s) paid
	31.05.2001	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	05.07.2000	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	31.05.2001	Examination requested [2001/40]
	17.02.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.04.2003	Observations by third parties
	05.06.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	24.07.2003	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	22.10.2003	Fee for grant paid
	22.10.2003	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	05.11.2004	No opposition filed within time limit [2005/04]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	20.11.2001	Renewal fee patent year 03
	25.11.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
	21.11.2003	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	04.02.2004
	CH	04.02.2004
	CY	04.02.2004
	FI	04.02.2004
	IT	04.02.2004
	LI	04.02.2004
	DK	04.05.2004
	SE	04.05.2004
	PT	04.07.2004
	[2008/18]
Former [2007/23]	AT	04.02.2004
	CH	04.02.2004
	CY	04.02.2004
	FI	04.02.2004
	LI	04.02.2004
	DK	04.05.2004
	SE	04.05.2004
Former [2005/02]	AT	04.02.2004
	CH	04.02.2004
	FI	04.02.2004
	LI	04.02.2004
	DK	04.05.2004
	SE	04.05.2004
Former [2004/44]	AT	04.02.2004
	CH	04.02.2004
	FI	04.02.2004
	LI	04.02.2004
	SE	04.05.2004
Former [2004/43]	AT	04.02.2004
	FI	04.02.2004
	SE	04.05.2004
Former [2004/40]	FI	04.02.2004
	SE	04.05.2004
Cited in	International search	[XA]GB1111708 (PROCTER & GAMBLE) [X] 1,2,5,6 * claim - * * example - * * page 2, line 13 - line 65 * * page 4, line 71 - line 84 * [A] 7;
		[XA]GB1228060 (PROCTER & GAMBLE) [X] 1,5,6 * claim - * * example 1 * * page 2, line 31 - page 3, line 32 * * page 5, line 53 - page 6, line 77 * [A] 7;
		[DA]EP0432951 (UNILEVER PLC [GB], et al) [DA] 1-5 * claim - * * example - * * page 3, line 20 - page 4, line 28 *;
		[DA]EP0498119 (UNILEVER PLC [GB], et al) [DA] 1-5 * claim - * * example - * * page 5, line 33 - line 42 *;
		[DA]WO9522311 (UNILEVER PLC [GB], et al) [DA] 1-3,5 * claim - * * example - * * page 6, line 4 - page 7, line 32 *;
		[XA]WO9617592 (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]) [X] 1,3-6 * claims 1-6 * * example - * * page 4, line 25 - page 5, line 19 * * page 6, line 27 - page 7, line 22 * * page 16, line 9 - line 21 * * page 17, line 23 - line 29 * [A] 4,7;
		[DA]WO9748378 (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]) [DA] 1,2,4-6 * claim - * * example - * * page 3, line 1 - page 7, line 8 *;
		[A]WO9748375 (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]) [A] 1,2,4-6 * claim - ** example - *;
		[A]WO9818432 (UNILEVER PLC [GB], et al) [A] 1,2,4,5 * claim - * * example - * * page 9, line 7 - page 14, line 33 *
	other	US3580853
		EP0386898

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