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EP2000046 - Toothbrush [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.07.2017 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	06.03.2020	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR	published on 08.04.2020 [2020/15]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states GILLETTE CANADA COMPANY 4 Robert Speck Parkway Mississauga Ontario L4Z 4C5 / CA
	[2008/50]
Inventor(s)	01 / Claire-Zimmet, Karen 41 Shirley Road Waltham, MA 02452 / US
	02 / Masterman, Thomas Craig 26 Linden Street No.2 Brookline, MA 02446 / US
	03 / Bredall, William A. 257 Marvilla Circle Pacifica, CA 94004 / US
	04 / Schreck, James 1318 Santa Fe Drive Iowa City, IA 52246 / US
	[2009/01]
Former [2008/50]	01 / Claire-Zimmet, Karen 41 Shirley Road Waltham, MA 02452 / US
	02 / Masterman, Thomas Craig 264 Henry Street San Francisco, CA 94114 / US
	03 / Bredall, William A. 257 Marvilla Circle Pacifica, CA 94004 / US
	04 / Schreck, James 1318 Santa Fe Drive Iowa City, IA 52246 / US
Representative(s)	Töpert, Verena Clarita Procter & Gamble Service GmbH IP Department Sulzbacher Straße 40-50 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2016/38]	Töpert, Verena Clarita Procter & Gamble Service GmbH Patent Department Frankfurter Str. 145 61476 Kronberg im Taunus / DE
Former [2008/50]	Zetterer, Gerd Braun GmbH Patentabteilung Frankfurter Strasse 145 61476 Kronberg / DE
Application number, filing date	08008414.8	10.05.2001
	[2008/50]
Priority number, date	US20000576590	22.05.2000 Original published format: US 576590
	[2008/50]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2000046
	Date:	10.12.2008
	Language:	EN
	[2008/50]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP2000046
	Date:	22.07.2009
	[2009/30]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2000046
	Date:	21.09.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/38]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	24.06.2009
Classification	IPC:	A46B9/04, A46B7/06, A46B5/00	[2008/50]
	CPC:	A46B9/045 (EP,US); A46B9/04 (KR); A46B5/0025 (EP,US); A46B9/025 (EP,US); A46B2200/1066 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR [2016/38]
Former [2008/50]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR
Title	German:	Zahnbürste	[2008/50]
	English:	Toothbrush	[2008/50]
	French:	Brosse à dents	[2008/50]
Examination procedure	05.06.2008	Examination requested [2008/50]
	08.03.2010	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	10.05.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M07)
	20.12.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	30.11.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	08.06.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.11.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.02.2013	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.05.2016	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	10.08.2016	Fee for grant paid
	10.08.2016	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	10.08.2016	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP01933254.3 / EP1284621
Divisional application(s)	EP10012738.0 / EP2319359
	EP10012739.8 / EP2319360
	EP10012740.6 / EP2319361
	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued (EP20010933254) is 01.04.2005
Opposition(s)	22.06.2017	No opposition filed within time limit [2017/35]
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to indicate the wish to proceed further with the application
	18.03.2010	Request for further processing filed
	18.03.2010	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	23.04.2010	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	05.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 03
	05.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 04
	05.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 05
	05.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 06
	05.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 07
	05.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 08
	07.05.2009	Renewal fee patent year 09
	31.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 10
	10.05.2011	Renewal fee patent year 11
	31.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 12
	07.05.2013	Renewal fee patent year 13
	26.03.2014	Renewal fee patent year 14
	07.05.2015	Renewal fee patent year 15
	06.05.2016	Renewal fee patent year 16
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	21.09.2016
	BE	21.09.2016
	CY	21.09.2016
	DK	21.09.2016
	FI	21.09.2016
	IT	21.09.2016
	MC	21.09.2016
	TR	21.09.2016
	GR	22.12.2016
	PT	23.01.2017
	IE	10.05.2017
	LU	10.05.2017
	[2020/15]
Former [2019/46]	AT	21.09.2016
	BE	21.09.2016
	CY	21.09.2016
	DK	21.09.2016
	FI	21.09.2016
	IT	21.09.2016
	MC	21.09.2016
	GR	22.12.2016
	PT	23.01.2017
	IE	10.05.2017
	LU	10.05.2017
Former [2018/23]	AT	21.09.2016
	BE	21.09.2016
	DK	21.09.2016
	FI	21.09.2016
	IT	21.09.2016
	MC	21.09.2016
	GR	22.12.2016
	PT	23.01.2017
	IE	10.05.2017
	LU	10.05.2017
Former [2018/17]	AT	21.09.2016
	BE	21.09.2016
	DK	21.09.2016
	FI	21.09.2016
	IT	21.09.2016
	MC	21.09.2016
	GR	22.12.2016
	PT	23.01.2017
	LU	10.05.2017
Former [2018/06]	AT	21.09.2016
	BE	21.09.2016
	DK	21.09.2016
	FI	21.09.2016
	IT	21.09.2016
	MC	21.09.2016
	GR	22.12.2016
	PT	23.01.2017
	LU	31.05.2017
Former [2017/36]	AT	21.09.2016
	BE	21.09.2016
	DK	21.09.2016
	FI	21.09.2016
	IT	21.09.2016
	GR	22.12.2016
	PT	23.01.2017
	LU	31.05.2017
Former [2017/13]	FI	21.09.2016
	GR	22.12.2016
Former [2017/10]	FI	21.09.2016
Documents cited:	Search	[X]GB247005 (LOUIS HORWITZ) [X] 1-8,26 * the whole document *;
		[A]FR683311 (KOSTRITSKY SERGE) [A] 1-8,26,29,31,32 * the whole document *;
		[X]DE592757 (OTTO NEUBAUER) [X] 19-25 * the whole document *;
		[AX]FR792476 (THIBAUD) [A] 1-8,26 * the whole document * [X] 29,31,32;
		[XA]US2064860 (IOJI SEKINE) [X] 19,21,22 * the whole document * [A] 20,23-25;
		[X]FR855253 (O. JOSEPHSON) [X] 19-25 * the whole document *;
		[X]US2273278 (BETTY MACKENZIE-KENNEDY) [X] 1-8,26 * the whole document *;
		[A]CH324623 (FEHR V FALKE MARGARETHE [DE], et al) [A] 1-8,26 * page 2, column 1, line 12 - line 22 * * figures 1,2 *;
		[XA]US4051571 (AYERS HERBERT D) [X] 19,21,22 * the whole document * [A] 20,23-25;
		[X]US4131967 (NORTHEMANN KARL-HEINZ, et al) [X] 1-8,26 * the whole document *;
		[X]US4268933 (PAPAS SOPHIA) [X] 29* the whole document *;
		[X]FR2548528 (JOUVIN JEAN LUC [FR]) [X] 1-8,19-26 * the whole document *;
		[AX]US4570282 (KAUFMAN MARTIN H [US], et al) [A] 1-8,26 * the whole document * [X] 29,31,32;
		[X]WO9506420 (LINGNER & FISCHER GMBH [DE], et al) [X] 29 * the whole document *;
		[X]WO9836661 (STERN MIRI MINA [IL]) [X] 1-8,26 * the whole document *;
		[A]EP0894454 (STAFFORD MILLER LTD [GB]) [A] 1-8,26 * abstract * * column 3, line 30 - line 50 * * figure 1 *
	by applicant	US3085273
		US4570282
		US4706322

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