EP3266432 - ABSORBENT STRUCTURE FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLES [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 15.03.2019 Database last updated on 11.05.2024 | |
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 01.11.2018 | ||
Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 06.07.2018 | ||
Former | The application has been published Status updated on 08.12.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 29.09.2023 | Change: Date of oral proceedings | 29.09.2023 | Deletion: Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | Applicant(s) | For all designated states The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OH 45202 / US | [2018/02] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Arizti, Blanca Procter & Gamble Service GmbH Sulzbacher Strasse 40 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE | 02 /
Bianchi, Ernesto Gabriel Procter & Gamble Service GmbH Sulzbacher Strasse 40 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE | 03 /
Jackels, Hans Adolf Procter & Gamble Manufacturing GmbH Industriepark am Silberberg Procter & Gamble Str. 53881 Euskirchen / DE | 04 /
Kreuzer, Carsten Heinrich Procter & Gamble Service GmbH Sulzbacher Strasse 40 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE | 05 /
Roe, Donald Carroll The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 / US | 06 /
Rosati, Rodrigo Procter & Gamble Service GmbH Sulzbacher Strasse 40 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE | [2018/02] | Representative(s) | Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2019/16] | L'Huillier, Florent Charles Procter & Gamble Service GmbH IP Department Sulzbacher Straße 40-50 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE | ||
Former [2018/02] | L'Huillier, Florent Charles Procter & Gamble Service GmbH Frankfurter Strasse 145 61476 Kronberg/Taunus / DE | Application number, filing date | 17189089.0 | 08.06.2012 | [2018/02] | Priority number, date | US201161495401P | 10.06.2011 Original published format: US 201161495401 P | [2018/02] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3266432 | Date: | 10.01.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/02] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3266432 | Date: | 17.04.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/16] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 14.11.2017 | Classification | IPC: | A61F13/532, A61F13/535 | [2018/02] | CPC: |
A61K38/10 (EP,US);
A61F13/532 (EP,CN,RU,US);
A61F13/535 (EP,CN,US);
A61F13/537 (EP,US);
A61K38/12 (EP,US);
A61K38/16 (EP,US);
A61K45/06 (US);
A61K9/0019 (US);
A61P25/00 (EP);
| Designated contracting states | AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2018/32] |
Former [2018/02] | AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR | Title | German: | SAUGFÄHIGE STRUKTUR FÜR SAUGFÄHIGE ARTIKEL | [2018/02] | English: | ABSORBENT STRUCTURE FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLES | [2018/02] | French: | STRUCTURE ABSORBANTE POUR ARTICLES ABSORBANTS | [2018/02] | Examination procedure | 01.09.2017 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 28.06.2018 | Examination requested [2018/32] | 10.07.2018 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 02.11.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 01.03.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 01.03.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 01.03.2019 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP12727570.9 / EP2717823 | EP15201454.4 / EP3111903 | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag 405 03 Göteborg / SE Opponent's representative Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München / DE | 02
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ADMISSIBLE Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. 2300 Winchester Road Neenah WI 54956 / US Opponent's representative Dehns St. Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB | [2020/09] | 29.01.2020 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 08.06.2020 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 14.06.2021 | Date of oral proceedings | 26.08.2021 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 26.08.2021 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | Appeal following opposition | 04.11.2021 | Appeal received No. T1963/21 | 04.11.2021 | Payment of appeal fee | 05.01.2022 | Statement of grounds filed | 03.11.2021 | Appeal received No. T1963/21 | 03.11.2021 | Payment of appeal fee | 05.01.2022 | Statement of grounds filed | 03.11.2021 | Appeal received No. T1963/21 | 03.11.2021 | Payment of appeal fee | 21.12.2021 | Statement of grounds filed | 17.10.2024 | Date of oral proceedings | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 01.09.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 01.09.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 01.09.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 01.09.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 12.06.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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NO | 17.07.2019 | Documents cited: | Search | [X]US5593399 (TANZER RICHARD W [US], et al) [X] 1 * column 21, lines 41-43; figures 3,6,7 * * column 2, lines 14-18,22 * * column 4, line 50 * * column 1, lines 10-15 * * column 22, lines 45-46 * * column 14, line 5 * * column 5, lines 8-9 * * column 2, lines 14-18 * * column 4, line 50; figures 7,20-22 *; | [A]WO9705841 (FIBERTECH GROUP INC [US]) [A] 1-15* figure -; claim 1 *; | [A]WO2005018694 (TYCO HEALTHCARE RETAIL SERV AG [CH], et al) [A] 1-15 * page 2, lines 29-35; figures 2a,2b * * page 4, line 29 - page 5, line 23 *; | [A]EP2055279 (MCNEIL PPC INC [US]) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0012] , [0026] , [0027]; figures 1,3a *; | [X]US2009270825 (WCIORKA MAJA [DE], et al) [X] 1-15 * paragraphs [0091] , [0 63] , [ 117] , [ 118] , [ 108]; figure -; claim 1 * | by applicant | EP0083022 | DE3314019 | WO9015830 | DE4020780 | US5137537 | EP0530438 | EP0543303 | EP0547847 | EP0559476 | WO9321237 | EP0632068 | EP0691133 | US5554145 | US5569234 | US5607760 | US5609587 | DE19543368 | DE19646484 | US5635191 | US5643588 | DE19807992 | EP0937736 | DE19807502 | US6004306 | DE19854573 | DE19854574 | EP1199327 | WO0232962 | WO03031482 | DE10204937 | WO03104299 | WO03104300 | WO03104301 | EP1447067 | DE10331450 | DE10331456 | DE10334584 | DE10355401 | WO2006083584 | WO2007047598 | WO2007046052 | US2008312622 | WO2009155265 | WO2009155264 | Opposition | WO2004084784 | US2004243078 | EP1609448 | US2009270825 | EP2246021 | US4892535 | US5593399 | EP1116479 | US2007246147 | EP1920743 | US2009088718 | - Bucholz et al., Modern Superabsorbent Polymer Technology, (19980000), pages 149 - 153, XP055672026 |