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EP3953443 - USE OF FABRIC CONDITIONER COMPOSITIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2022/07]FABRIC CONDITIONER COMPOSITIONS
[2023/05]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  27.01.2023
Database last updated on 20.05.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  14.01.2022
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  16.10.2020
Formerunknown
Status updated on  01.04.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip28.03.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For:CY  DE  GB  IE  IT  MT  RS  TR 
UNILEVER GLOBAL IP LIMITED
Port Sunlight
Wirral
Merseyside CH62 4ZD / GB
For:AL  AT  BE  BG  CH  CZ  DK  EE  ES  FI  FR  GR  HR  HU  IS  LI  LT  LU  LV  MC  MK  NL  NO  PL  PT  RO  SE  SI  SK  SM 
Unilever IP Holdings B.V.
Weena 455
3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
[2022/07]
Inventor(s)01 / SMITH, Ian, Karl
Unilever R&D Port Sunlight Quarry Road East
Bebington
Wirral Merseyside CH63 3JW / GB
02 / LEECH, Sarah
Unilever R&D Port Sunlight Quarry Road East
Bebington
Wirral Merseyside CH63 3JW / GB
 [2022/07]
Representative(s)Oates, Elizabeth Ellen
Unilever Patent Group
Bronland 14
6708 WH Wageningen / NL
[N/P]
Former [2022/07]Moore, Elizabeth Ellen
Unilever N.V.
Unilever Patent Group
Bronland 14
6708 WH Wageningen / NL
Application number, filing date20713302.626.03.2020
[2022/07]
WO2020EP58613
Priority number, dateEP2019016831810.04.2019         Original published format: EP 19168318
[2022/07]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020207820
Date:15.10.2020
Language:EN
[2020/42]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3953443
Date:16.02.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.10.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/07]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP15.10.2020
ClassificationIPC:C11D1/32, C11D3/00, C11D3/38, C11D3/50
[2022/07]
CPC:
C11D3/50 (EP); C11D1/32 (EP); C11D3/0015 (EP);
C11D3/38 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2022/07]
TitleGerman:VERWENDUNG DER WEICHSPÜLERZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN[2023/05]
English:USE OF FABRIC CONDITIONER COMPOSITIONS[2023/05]
French:UTILISATION DES COMPOSITIONS DE CONDITIONNEMENT DE TISSU[2023/05]
Former [2022/07]WEICHSPÜLERZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN
Former [2022/07]FABRIC CONDITIONER COMPOSITIONS
Former [2022/07]COMPOSITIONS DE CONDITIONNEUR DE TISSU
Entry into regional phase30.09.2021National basic fee paid 
30.09.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
30.09.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.02.2021Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
30.09.2021Examination requested  [2022/07]
30.09.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
27.01.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.05.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
23.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
27.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[I]US2005032655  (JUREK MICHAEL J [US], et al) [I] 1-11 * paragraph [0029]; claim 19 * * paragraph [0025] * * claims 14,15 * * the whole document *;
 [A]EP1597343  (RECKITT BENCKISER NV [NL]) [A] 1-11 * Example;; table 1 ** the whole document *;
 [I]US2009130934  (SCHMIDT ANDREAS [DE], et al) [I] 1-11 * claim 20 * * paragraph [0108] * * paragraphs [0028] , [0035] *;
 [I]US2018064615  (BRAHMS JOHN [US], et al) [I] 1-11 * examples 30-32; compound S22 * * paragraphs [0100] , [0102] , [0104] *
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