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EP2016863 - Toothbrush head [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.04.2018 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 19.05.2017
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 08.02.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	26.06.2020	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CY	published on 29.07.2020 [2020/31]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states The Gillette Company One Gillette Park- 3E Boston, MA 02127 / US
	[2017/25]
Former [2012/23]	For all designated states The Gillette Company One Gillette Park- 3E Boston, MA 02127 / US
Former [2009/04]	For all designated states The Gillette Company Prudential Tower Building Boston, Massachusetts 02199 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Brown, William R., Jr. 6 Gemma Drive Peabody, MA 01960 / US
	02 / Christman, Thomas A. 5 Maple Street Lexington MA 02420 / US
	03 / Depuydt, Joseph A. 129 Maple Street Scituate, MA 02066 / US
	04 / Duff, Ronald R., Jr. 9 Weagle Farm Road Shrewsbury MA 01545 / US
	05 / Mangan, Edward J. 170 Concord Street Ashland, MA 01721 / US
	06 / Braun, Phillip M. 128 Beechwood Hill Trail Exeter RI 02822 / US
	07 / Claire-Zimmet, Karen 41 Shirley Road Waltham MA 02452 / US
	08 / Zimmet, Helge 41 Shirley Road Waltham MA 02452 / US
	09 / Deng, Joanna Q. 342 Harvard Street Brookline MA 02446 / US
	10 / Majthan, Rudolf In der Weingarten 172A 65760 Eschborn / DE
	11 / Hans, Rainer Weg am Wehrholz 14 65529 Waldems / DE
	[2010/01]
Former [2009/04]	01 / Brown, William R., Jr. 6 Gemma Drive Peabody, MA 01960 / US
	02 / Christman, Thomas A. 5 Maple Street Lexington MA 02420 / US
	03 / Depuydt, Joseph A. 65 Longwood Road Quincy MA 02169 / US
	04 / Duff, Ronald R., Jr. 9 Weagle Farm Road Shrewsbury MA 01545 / US
	05 / Mangan, Edward J. 16 Rockpoint Road Southborough MA 01772 / US
	06 / Braun, Phillip M. 128 Beechwood Hill Trail Exeter RI 02822 / US
	07 / Claire-Zimmet, Karen 41 Shirley Road Waltham MA 02452 / US
	08 / Zimmet, Helge 41 Shirley Road Waltham MA 02452 / US
	09 / Deng, Joanna Q. 342 Harvard Street Brookline MA 02446 / US
	10 / Majthan, Rudolf In der Weingarten 172A 65760 Eschborn / DE
	11 / Hans, Rainer Weg am Wehrholz 14 65529 Waldems / DE
Representative(s)	Töpert, Verena Clarita Procter & Gamble Service GmbH IP Department Sulzbacher Straße 40-50 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2014/43]	Töpert, Verena Clarita Procter & Gamble Service GmbH Patent Department Frankfurter Str. 145 61476 Kronberg im Taunus / DE
Former [2012/47]	Töpert, Verena Clarita, et al Procter & Gamble Service GmbH Patent Department Berliner Allee 65 64274 Darmstadt / DE
Former [2012/36]	Schneider, Stefan Michael, et al Braun GmbH Patent Department Frankfurterstrasse 145 61476 Kronberg / DE
Former [2012/24]	Richards, John, et al Ladas & Parry LLP Dachauerstrasse 37 80335 München / DE
Former [2009/04]	Ebner von Eschenbach, Jennifer, et al Ladas & Parry LLP Dachauerstrasse 37 80335 München / DE
Application number, filing date	08016869.3	09.03.2004
	[2009/04]
Priority number, date	US20030389448	14.03.2003 Original published format: US 389448
	[2009/04]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2016863
	Date:	21.01.2009
	Language:	EN
	[2009/04]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP2016863
	Date:	09.03.2011
	[2011/10]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2016863
	Date:	21.06.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/25]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	03.02.2011
Classification	IPC:	A46B7/06, A46B9/04, A46B9/06	[2009/04]
	CPC:	A46B9/04 (EP,KR,US); A46B3/16 (EP,US); A46B5/002 (EP,US); A46B5/0025 (EP,US); A46B7/06 (EP,KR,US); A46B9/025 (EP,US); (+) A46B9/06 (EP,US); A61C17/3481 (EP,US); B29C45/0055 (EP,US); A46B2200/1066 (EP,US); A46B9/12 (EP,US); B29L2031/425 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2017/25]
Former [2009/04]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	Zahnbürstenkopf	[2009/04]
	English:	Toothbrush head	[2009/04]
	French:	Tête de brosse à dents	[2009/04]
Examination procedure	20.10.2008	Examination requested [2009/04]
	19.08.2011	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	07.03.2016	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	24.08.2016	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	09.02.2017	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	10.05.2017	Fee for grant paid
	10.05.2017	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	10.05.2017	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP04718812.3 / EP1603426
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 (EP20040718812) is 17.01.2007
Opposition(s)	22.03.2018	No opposition filed within time limit [2018/22]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	20.10.2008	Renewal fee patent year 03
	20.10.2008	Renewal fee patent year 04
	20.10.2008	Renewal fee patent year 05
	06.03.2009	Renewal fee patent year 06
	08.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 07
	10.03.2011	Renewal fee patent year 08
	07.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 09
	08.03.2013	Renewal fee patent year 10
	10.03.2014	Renewal fee patent year 11
	06.03.2015	Renewal fee patent year 12
	08.03.2016	Renewal fee patent year 13
	07.03.2017	Renewal fee patent year 14
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	09.03.2004
	AT	21.06.2017
	CY	21.06.2017
	CZ	21.06.2017
	DK	21.06.2017
	EE	21.06.2017
	ES	21.06.2017
	FI	21.06.2017
	MC	21.06.2017
	PL	21.06.2017
	PT	21.06.2017
	RO	21.06.2017
	SE	21.06.2017
	SI	21.06.2017
	SK	21.06.2017
	BG	21.09.2017
	GR	22.09.2017
	IE	09.03.2018
	LU	09.03.2018
	[2020/31]
Former [2020/27]	HU	09.03.2004
	AT	21.06.2017
	CZ	21.06.2017
	DK	21.06.2017
	EE	21.06.2017
	ES	21.06.2017
	FI	21.06.2017
	MC	21.06.2017
	PL	21.06.2017
	PT	21.06.2017
	RO	21.06.2017
	SE	21.06.2017
	SI	21.06.2017
	SK	21.06.2017
	BG	21.09.2017
	GR	22.09.2017
	IE	09.03.2018
	LU	09.03.2018
Former [2019/09]	AT	21.06.2017
	CZ	21.06.2017
	DK	21.06.2017
	EE	21.06.2017
	ES	21.06.2017
	FI	21.06.2017
	MC	21.06.2017
	PL	21.06.2017
	RO	21.06.2017
	SE	21.06.2017
	SI	21.06.2017
	SK	21.06.2017
	BG	21.09.2017
	GR	22.09.2017
	IE	09.03.2018
	LU	09.03.2018
Former [2019/04]	AT	21.06.2017
	CZ	21.06.2017
	DK	21.06.2017
	EE	21.06.2017
	ES	21.06.2017
	FI	21.06.2017
	MC	21.06.2017
	PL	21.06.2017
	RO	21.06.2017
	SE	21.06.2017
	SI	21.06.2017
	SK	21.06.2017
	BG	21.09.2017
	GR	22.09.2017
	LU	09.03.2018
Former [2018/52]	AT	21.06.2017
	CZ	21.06.2017
	DK	21.06.2017
	EE	21.06.2017
	ES	21.06.2017
	FI	21.06.2017
	MC	21.06.2017
	PL	21.06.2017
	RO	21.06.2017
	SE	21.06.2017
	SI	21.06.2017
	SK	21.06.2017
	BG	21.09.2017
	GR	22.09.2017
Former [2018/39]	AT	21.06.2017
	CZ	21.06.2017
	DK	21.06.2017
	EE	21.06.2017
	ES	21.06.2017
	FI	21.06.2017
	PL	21.06.2017
	RO	21.06.2017
	SE	21.06.2017
	SI	21.06.2017
	SK	21.06.2017
	BG	21.09.2017
	GR	22.09.2017
Former [2018/21]	AT	21.06.2017
	CZ	21.06.2017
	DK	21.06.2017
	EE	21.06.2017
	ES	21.06.2017
	FI	21.06.2017
	PL	21.06.2017
	RO	21.06.2017
	SE	21.06.2017
	SK	21.06.2017
	BG	21.09.2017
	GR	22.09.2017
Former [2018/11]	AT	21.06.2017
	CZ	21.06.2017
	EE	21.06.2017
	ES	21.06.2017
	FI	21.06.2017
	PL	21.06.2017
	RO	21.06.2017
	SE	21.06.2017
	SK	21.06.2017
	BG	21.09.2017
	GR	22.09.2017
Former [2018/10]	AT	21.06.2017
	CZ	21.06.2017
	EE	21.06.2017
	FI	21.06.2017
	RO	21.06.2017
	SE	21.06.2017
	SK	21.06.2017
	BG	21.09.2017
	GR	22.09.2017
Former [2018/09]	EE	21.06.2017
	FI	21.06.2017
	SE	21.06.2017
	BG	21.09.2017
	GR	22.09.2017
Former [2017/50]	FI	21.06.2017
	SE	21.06.2017
	BG	21.09.2017
	GR	22.09.2017
Documents cited:	Search	[X]US4449266 (NOERTHEMANN KARL-HEINZ [DE], et al) [X] 1-13 * the whole document *;
		[X]US4938539 (BARMAN ROLF [NO]) [X] 1-13* the whole document *;
		[X]WO0133994 (BARMAN ROLF [NO]) [X] 1-13 * the whole document *
	by applicant	US4635313
		EP0676268
		GB2330791
		US6018840
		US6058541
		US6361120
		JP19910312978

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