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EP2064052 - NONWOVEN COMPOSITE CONTAINING AN APERTURED ELASTIC FILM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusOpposition rejected
Status updated on  11.08.2017
Database last updated on 03.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.08.2017Opposition rejectedpublished on 13.09.2017  [2017/37]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
401 North Lake Street
Neenah, WI 54956 / US
[2009/23]
Inventor(s)01 / SIQUEIRA, Jose
1934 Hemingway Lane
Roswell, Georgia 30075 / US
02 / MCCORMACK, Ann, L.
1265 Poplar Grove Lane
Cumming, Georgia 30041 / US
03 / BROWN, Norman
P O Box 773
Roswell, Georgia 30077 / US
04 / NG, Wing-Chak
410 Riverwalk Terrace
Suwanee, Georgia 30024 / US
05 / WELCH, Howard, M.
328 West Lane
Woodstock, Georgia 30188 / US
06 / LATIMER, Margaret, G.
115 Jones Bridge Woods Place
Alpharetta, Georgia 30022 / US
 [2011/43]
Former [2009/23]01 / SIQUEIRA, Jose
1434 Hemingway Lane
Roswell, Georgia 30075 / US
02 / MCCORMACK, Ann, L.
1265 Poplar Grove Lane
Cumming, Georgia 30041 / US
03 / BROWN, Norman
P O Box 773
Roswell, Georgia 30077 / US
04 / NG, Wing-Chak
410 Riverwalk Terrace
Suwanee, Georgia 30024 / US
05 / WELCH, Howard, M.
328 West Lane
Woodstock, Georgia 30188 / US
06 / LATIMER, Margaret, G.
115 Jones Bridge Woods Place
Alpharetta, Georgia 30022 / US
Representative(s)Davies, Christopher Robert
Dehns
St Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JD / GB
[N/P]
Former [2011/43]Davies, Christopher Robert
Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London
EC4Y 8JD / GB
Former [2009/23]Davies, Christopher Robert
Frank B. Dehn & Co. St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London
EC4Y 8JD / GB
Application number, filing date07805196.818.07.2007
[2009/23]
WO2007IB52873
Priority number, dateUS2006051349731.08.2006         Original published format: US 513497
[2009/23]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2008026106
Date:06.03.2008
Language:EN
[2008/10]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2064052
Date:03.06.2009
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.03.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2009/23]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2064052
Date:26.10.2011
Language:EN
[2011/43]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.07.2008
ClassificationIPC:B32B5/26, B32B27/12, D04H13/00
[2009/23]
CPC:
A61F13/4902 (EP,KR,US); B32B5/26 (EP,KR,US); B32B37/24 (KR,US);
B32B27/02 (EP,US); B32B27/08 (EP,KR,US); B32B27/12 (EP,KR,US);
B32B27/20 (EP,KR,US); B32B27/32 (EP,KR,US); B32B3/266 (EP,KR,US);
B32B37/0076 (EP,KR,US); B32B37/144 (EP,KR,US); B32B38/04 (EP,KR,US);
D04H13/00 (KR); D04H13/007 (US); B32B2038/0028 (EP,KR,US);
B32B2038/047 (EP,KR,US); B32B2305/20 (EP,KR,US); B32B2307/51 (EP,KR,US);
Y10T156/1054 (EP,US); Y10T156/1056 (EP,US); Y10T428/24273 (EP,US);
Y10T428/24298 (EP,US); Y10T428/24314 (EP,US); Y10T428/24322 (EP,US);
Y10T428/24331 (EP,US); Y10T442/674 (EP,US); Y10T442/675 (EP,US);
Y10T442/676 (EP,US); Y10T442/677 (EP,US); Y10T442/678 (EP,US);
Y10T442/679 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [2009/24]
Former [2009/23]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MT,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:EINE ÖFFNUNGEN AUFWEISENDE ELASTISCHE FOLIE ENTHALTENDER VLIESSTOFFVERBUND[2009/23]
English:NONWOVEN COMPOSITE CONTAINING AN APERTURED ELASTIC FILM[2009/23]
French:COMPOSITE NON-TISSÉ CONTENANT UN FILM ÉLASTIQUE À OUVERTURES[2009/23]
Entry into regional phase04.03.2009National basic fee paid 
04.03.2009Designation fee(s) paid 
04.03.2009Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.03.2009Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.03.2009Examination requested  [2009/23]
01.04.2009Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
13.05.2009Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
21.12.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
28.06.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.04.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.09.2011Fee for grant paid
05.09.2011Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  21.12.2009
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  12.07.2012  20.07.2012  ADMISSIBLE
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB
Patent Department
405 03 Göteborg / SE
Opponent's representative
Valea AB
Box 1098
405 23 Göteborg / SE
 [2017/02]
Former [2012/34]
Opponent(s)01  12.07.2012   
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB
Patent Department
SE-405 03 Göteborg / SE
Opponent's representative
Egeröd, Lisbeth
Valea AB Lindholmspiren 5
417 56 Gothenburg / SE
30.08.2012Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
11.03.2013Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
04.04.2014Date of oral proceedings
16.04.2014Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
16.04.2014Date of despatch of rejection of opposition
04.07.2017Legal effect of rejection of opposition [2017/37]
Appeal following opposition16.06.2014Appeal received No.  T1322/14
25.08.2014Statement of grounds filed
04.07.2017Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the opponent was rejected
04.07.2017Date of oral proceedings
11.07.2017Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.07.2009Renewal fee patent year 03
26.07.2010Renewal fee patent year 04
25.07.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT26.10.2011
[2015/22]
Cited inInternational search[A]WO9829504  (KIMBERLY CLARK CO [US]) [A] 1-27 * page 11, paragraph 4 - page 13, paragraph 3; figures 4,5 *;
 [A]WO9914047  (KIMBERLY CLARK CO [US]) [A] 1-27 * page 10, line 14 - line 20 * * page 12, line 20 - page 17, line 20; figures 1-3; examples 1,2; claims 1-3,7,19-21 *;
 [A]WO0056522  (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]) [A] 1-27 * page 11, line 11 - line 24 * * page 20, line 27 - page 21, line 5 * * page 25, line 28 - page 27, line 33 * * page 31, line 8 - page 32, line 2; figure 1 *;
 [AD]WO0145616  (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US], et al) [AD] 1-27 * page 7, paragraph 4 - page 9, paragraph 2 * * page 12, paragraph 4 * * page 20, paragraph 5 * * page 27 - page 28; figures 2,5; examples 4-7,9; claims 1,5,8; table 1 *;
 [XA]WO2004060666  (KIMBERLY CLARK CO [US]) [X] 19-27 * page 16, line 14 - page 18, line 18; figures 7-10; claims 1-14 * [A] 1-18;
 [A]WO2004060664  (KIMBERLY CLARK CO [US]) [A] 1-27* the whole document *;
 [A]WO2006024394  (RKW AG [DE], et al) [A] 1-27 * the whole document *
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