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EP3511262 - DIE CUT OPENING FOR MULTI-LAYER FLEXIBLE PACKAGE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.02.2021
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  20.03.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  13.02.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  02.08.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  14.06.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip15.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE, MK		published on 17.08.2022  [2022/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sonoco Development, Inc.
1 North Second Street
Hartsville, SC 29550 / US
[2019/29]
Inventor(s)01 / Branyon, Jacob Donald Prue
1320 Salem Road
Hartsville, SC South Carolina 29550 / US
02 / Young, Donovan
2049 Antioch Road
Hartsville, SC South Carolina 29550 / US
03 / Smith, Eugene T.
3406 Daniel Place Drive
Charlotte, NC North Carolina 28213 / US
 [2019/29]
Representative(s)Hargreaves, Timothy Edward
Marks & Clerk LLP
40 Torphichen Street
Edinburgh EH3 8JB / GB
[2019/29]
Application number, filing date19158935.716.11.2015
[2019/29]
Priority number, dateUS20141458109123.12.2014         Original published format: US201414581091
[2019/29]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3511262
Date:17.07.2019
Language:EN
[2019/29]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3511262
Date:22.04.2020
Language:EN
[2020/17]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.05.2019
ClassificationIPC:B65D75/58
[2019/29]
CPC:
B65D75/5833 (EP,US); B65D75/5827 (US); B65D75/5855 (US);
B65D2575/586 (US); Y10T156/1064 (US); Y10T156/1082 (US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2019/36]
Former [2019/29]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 
TitleGerman:GESTANZTE ÖFFNUNG FÜR MEHRSCHICHTIGE FLEXIBLE VERPACKUNG[2019/29]
English:DIE CUT OPENING FOR MULTI-LAYER FLEXIBLE PACKAGE[2019/29]
French:OUVERTURE DE DÉCOUPE POUR EMBALLAGE SOUPLE MULTICOUCHES[2019/29]
Examination procedure24.07.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.07.2019Examination requested  [2019/36]
24.07.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
14.02.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.03.2020Fee for grant paid
17.03.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
17.03.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP15802203.8  / EP3237300
Opposition(s)25.01.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/13]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
22.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
14.11.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU16.11.2015
AL22.04.2020
AT22.04.2020
CY22.04.2020
CZ22.04.2020
DK22.04.2020
EE22.04.2020
FI22.04.2020
HR22.04.2020
LT22.04.2020
LV22.04.2020
MC22.04.2020
MK22.04.2020
MT22.04.2020
NL22.04.2020
PL22.04.2020
RO22.04.2020
RS22.04.2020
SE22.04.2020
SI22.04.2020
SK22.04.2020
SM22.04.2020
TR22.04.2020
BG22.07.2020
NO22.07.2020
GR23.07.2020
IS22.08.2020
PT24.08.2020
IE16.11.2020
LU16.11.2020
BE30.11.2020
CH30.11.2020
LI30.11.2020
[2022/33]
Former [2022/27]HU16.11.2015
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TR22.04.2020
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BG22.07.2020
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BG22.07.2020
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0193130  (NAKAMURA KENJI) [A] 1-11 * figures 19-21 *;
 [A]EP2412644  (UNICHARM CORP [JP]) [A] 1-11 * figures 1-6 *;
 [A]WO2014164416  (INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC [US]) [A] 1* figures 5, 6 *
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