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EP1440195 - FABRIC FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TISSUE PRODUCTS HAVING VISUALLY DISCERNABLE BACKGROUND TEXTURE REGIONS BORDERED BY CURVILINEAR DECORATIVE ELEMENTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.07.2012
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip20.07.2012Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 22.08.2012  [2012/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
401 North Lake Street
Neenah, WI 54956 / US
[N/P]
Former [2004/31]For all designated states
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
401 North Lake Street
Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 / US
Inventor(s)01 / BURAZIN, Mark, Alan
11 Stoney Beach Road
Oshkosh, WI 54902 / US
02 / CHIU, Kai, F.
4229 95th Avenue
Bellevue, WA 98004 / US
03 / LINDSAY, Jeffrey, D.
20 Diane Lane
Appleton, WI 54915 / US
 [2004/31]
Representative(s)Davies, Christopher Robert
Dehns
St Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JD / GB
[N/P]
Former [2011/35]Davies, Christopher Robert
Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London
EC4Y 8JD / GB
Former [2004/31]Davies, Christopher Robert
Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL / GB
Application number, filing date02784144.417.10.2002
[2004/31]
WO2002US33225
Priority number, dateUS2001001583802.11.2001         Original published format: US 15838
US2001001585802.11.2001         Original published format: US 15858
[2004/31]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO03040450
Date:15.05.2003
Language:EN
[2003/20]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1440195
Date:28.07.2004
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.05.2003 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2004/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1440195
Date:31.08.2011
Language:EN
[2011/35]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP11.03.2004
ClassificationIPC:D04H1/00
[2004/31]
CPC:
D21F1/0027 (EP); D21F1/0036 (EP); D21F11/006 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2011/35]
Former [2004/31]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:GEWEBE ZUR ANWENDUNG FÜR DIE HERSTELLUNG VON TISSUE PRODUKTEN MIT VON EINEM DEKORATIVEN ELEMENT BEGRENZTEN VISUELL UNTERSCHEIDBAREN HINTERGRUNDTEXTURBEREICHEN[2004/31]
English:FABRIC FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TISSUE PRODUCTS HAVING VISUALLY DISCERNABLE BACKGROUND TEXTURE REGIONS BORDERED BY CURVILINEAR DECORATIVE ELEMENTS[2004/31]
French:TOILE POUVANT ETRE UTILISEE POUR LA FABRICATION DE PRODUITS EN PAPIER PRESENTANT DES REGIONS TEXTUREES D'ARRIERE-PLAN VISUELLEMENT EN EVIDENCE BORDEES PAR DES ELEMENTS DECORATIFS CURVILIGNES[2004/31]
Entry into regional phase23.04.2004National basic fee paid 
23.04.2004Designation fee(s) paid 
23.04.2004Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.05.2003Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
23.04.2004Examination requested  [2004/31]
14.02.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
15.08.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.07.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.09.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.03.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.07.2011Fee for grant paid
15.07.2011Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP07019184.6  / EP1876291
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  14.02.2007
Opposition(s)01.06.2012No opposition filed within time limit [2012/32]
Fees paidRenewal fee
06.10.2004Renewal fee patent year 03
07.10.2005Renewal fee patent year 04
05.10.2006Renewal fee patent year 05
15.10.2007Renewal fee patent year 06
28.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 07
26.10.2009Renewal fee patent year 08
25.10.2010Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipDE01.05.2012
[2012/34]
Cited inInternational search[XA]DE19917869  (SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS GMBH) [X] 1,4,6,20,21,30,36,39,40,45,47,62,63,71,73,89 * figures 34,35,44 * [A] 2,37;
 [A]WO9732081  (ASTEN) [A] 1,3,4,6,20,21,30,36,38-40,44,45,47,62,63,73 * the whole document *;
 [A]US4161195  (KHAN) [A] 1,3,4,6,20,21,29,36,44,45,47,62,63,72 * column W *;
 [A]WO9966124  (THE PROCTOR & GAMBLE CIE) [A] 2,4,6,20,21,30,37,45,47,62,63 * the whole document *;
 [A]WO0012818  (SCAPA) [A] 2,4,6,20,21,30,37,45,47,62,63 * the whole document *;
 [A]WO0039393  (KIMBERLY CLARK WORLDWIDE INC.) [A] 36-42,71,74,79 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP0677612  (KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP.) [A] 36-42,71,73,79 * the whole document *
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