EP2351545 - ABSORBENT ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 22.12.2017 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 13.01.2017 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 09.01.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IS | published on 12.08.2020 [2020/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Unicharm Corporation 182 Shimobun Kinsei-cho Shikokuchuo-shi Ehime 799-0111 / JP | [2017/07] |
Former [2011/31] | For all designated states Unicharm Corporation 182 Shimobun Kinesei-cho Shikokuchuo-shi Ehime 799-0111 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
YAMAMOTO, Hiroki c/o Technical Center UNICHARM CORPORATION 1531-7 Wadahama, Toyohama-cho Kanonji-shi, Kagawa, 769-1602 / JP | [2017/10] |
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YAMAMOTO, Hiroki Center of UNICHARM CORPORATION 1531-7 Wadahama, Toyohama-cho Kanonji-shi, Kagawa, 769-1602 / JP | ||
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YAMAMOTO, Hiroki Center of UNICHARM CORPORATION 1531-7 Wadahama, Toyohama-cho Kanonji-shi, Kagawa, 769-1602 / JP | Representative(s) | Murgitroyd & Company 165-169 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8PL / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2017/07] | Ljungberg, Robert Murgitroyd & Company Scotland House 165-169 Scotland Street Glasgow Strathclyde G5 8PL / GB | ||
Former [2011/31] | Ljungberg, Robert Murgitroyd & Company Scotland House 165-169 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8PL / GB | Application number, filing date | 09822000.7 | 19.10.2009 | [2011/31] | WO2009JP67996 | Priority number, date | JP20080271124 | 21.10.2008 Original published format: JP 2008271124 | [2011/31] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2010047303 | Date: | 29.04.2010 | Language: | JA | [2010/17] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2351545 | Date: | 03.08.2011 | Language: | EN | [2011/31] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2351545 | Date: | 15.02.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/07] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 29.04.2010 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 07.03.2014 | Classification | IPC: | A61F13/15, A61F13/49, A61F13/496, B29C65/08 | [2011/31] | CPC: |
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| Designated contracting states | 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, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2017/07] |
Former [2011/31] | 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, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | BA | Not yet paid | RS | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES SAUGFÄHIGEN ARTIKELS | [2011/31] | English: | ABSORBENT ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | [2011/31] | French: | PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'ARTICLE ABSORBANT | [2011/31] | Entry into regional phase | 26.05.2011 | Translation filed | 26.05.2011 | National basic fee paid | 26.05.2011 | Search fee paid | 26.05.2011 | Designation fee(s) paid | 26.05.2011 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 26.05.2011 | Examination requested [2011/31] | 04.08.2014 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 27.09.2016 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 29.12.2016 | Fee for grant paid | 29.12.2016 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 29.12.2016 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | 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 27.09.2016 | Opposition(s) | 16.11.2017 | No opposition filed within time limit [2018/04] | Request for further processing for: | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to file the translation | 27.05.2011 | Request for further processing filed | 27.05.2011 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 15.06.2011 | Decision despatched | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of the search fee | 26.05.2011 | Request for further processing filed | 26.05.2011 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 15.06.2011 | Decision despatched | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of the filing fee | 26.05.2011 | Request for further processing filed | 26.05.2011 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 15.06.2011 | Decision despatched | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of the examination fee | 26.05.2011 | Request for further processing filed | 26.05.2011 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 15.06.2011 | Decision despatched | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of designation fees TR, SM, SK, SI, SE, RO, PT, PL, NO, NL, MT, MK, MC, LV, LU, LT, IT, IS, IE, HU, HR, GR, GB, FR, FI, ES, EE, DK, DE, CZ, CY, CH, BG, BE, AT | 26.05.2011 | Request for further processing filed | 26.05.2011 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 15.06.2011 | Decision despatched | 26.05.2011 | Request for further processing filed | 26.05.2011 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 15.06.2011 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.10.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 30.10.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 31.10.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 31.10.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 30.10.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 21.10.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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