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| EP4042994 - ABSORBENT ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 09.02.2024 Database last updated on 10.03.2026 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 03.10.2023 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 24.02.2023 | ||
| Former | The application has been published Status updated on 15.07.2022 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.02.2026 | New entry: Despatch of examination report in opposition + time limit | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Ontex BV Genthof 5 9255 Buggenhout / BE | For all designated states Ontex Group NV Korte Keppestraat 21 9320 Erembodegem / BE | [2022/33] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Lambertz, Christina 56566 Neuwied / DE | [2022/33] | Representative(s) | Wall, Leythem Oxon IP B.V. Evert Van De Beekstraat 354 1118 CZ Schiphol / NL | [N/P] |
| Former [2022/33] | Macchetta, Andrea Ontex BV Korte Keppestraat 21 9320 Erembodegem-Aalst / BE | Application number, filing date | 22164487.5 | 19.03.2020 | [2022/33] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4042994 | Date: | 17.08.2022 | Language: | EN | [2022/33] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4042994 | Date: | 13.03.2024 | Language: | EN | [2024/11] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 14.07.2022 | Classification | IPC: | A61F13/475, A61F13/535, A61F13/539 | [2022/33] | CPC: |
A61F13/4756 (EP);
A61F13/536 (US);
A61F13/15707 (US);
A61F13/535 (EP);
A61F13/539 (EP);
A61F2013/15406 (US);
A61F2013/15495 (US);
A61F2013/15878 (US);
A61F2013/15959 (US);
A61F2013/15967 (US);
A61F2013/530343 (US);
A61F2013/530489 (US);
A61F2013/5349 (US)
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| Designated contracting states | AL, 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 [2023/13]
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| Former [2022/33] | AL, 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 | Title | German: | ABSORBIERENDE ARTIKEL UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG | [2022/33] | English: | ABSORBENT ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING | [2022/33] | French: | ARTICLES ABSORBANTS ET LEURS PROCÉDÉS DE FABRICATION | [2022/33] | Examination procedure | 15.07.2022 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 17.02.2023 | Examination requested [2023/13] | 17.02.2023 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 04.10.2023 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 01.02.2024 | Fee for grant paid | 01.02.2024 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 01.02.2024 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP20164373.1 / EP3799848 | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. 2300 Winchester Road Neenah WI 54956 / US Opponent's representative Dehns 10 Old Bailey London EC4M 7NG / GB | 02
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ADMISSIBLE Essity Hygiene and Health AB 405 03 Göteborg / SE Opponent's representative Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München / DE | 03
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ADMISSIBLE Drylock Technologies NV Spinnerijstraat 12 9240 Zele / BE Opponent's representative Arnold & Siedsma Bezuidenhoutseweg 57 2594 AC The Hague / NL | [2025/04] |
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ADMISSIBLE Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. 2300 Winchester Road Neenah WI 54956 / US Opponent's representative Dehns 10 Old Bailey London EC4M 7NG / GB | 08.01.2025 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 08.07.2025 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 03.02.2026 | Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M09) | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.03.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 31.03.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CY | 19.03.2020 | HU | 19.03.2020 | HR | 13.03.2024 | MC | 13.03.2024 | PL | 13.03.2024 | RO | 13.03.2024 | SK | 13.03.2024 | SM | 13.03.2024 | TR | 13.03.2024 | IE | 19.03.2024 | CH | 31.03.2024 | NO | 13.06.2024 | RS | 13.06.2024 | GR | 14.06.2024 | IS | 13.07.2024 | [2026/05] |
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| Former [2024/33] | NO | 13.06.2024 | Documents cited: | Search | [A] US2017079858 (WILLHAUS KEITH RICHARD et al.) | [A] EP3403627 (DRYLOCK TECH NV et al.) | by applicant | EP1077052 | EP1078617 | EP1959903 | EP2211808 | EP1349524 | EP1267775 | EP1088536 | US5756039 | US2006184150 | US6503233 | US2015088084 | EP3342386 | EP3190216 | Opposition | EP3560469 | WO2019125232 | CN106999317 | JP2017108883 | EP3315106 | US2012312491 | EP3342386 | EP3403627 | US2007246147 | WO2012170778 | WO2019158226 | JP2016112404 | WO2019125227 | JP6026314 | EP0682927 | EP0847263 | WO2011071807 | EP3351225 | EP3536294 | WO2019125264 | EP2813201 | US8979815 | US5433715 | EP2630939 | EP3270857 | WO2019164740 | WO2020015829 | EP3403630 | EP2928432 | US2017079858 | EP3403631 | EP3403631 | EP0969787 | US2016074243 | D3a-translation of CN106999317A | D4a-translation of JP2017/108883A | D4b-Machine translation of JP2017/108883A | D12a-Machine translation of D3 | D14a-Machine translation of D8 | D34a-Affidavit-1 - Declaration and Affidavit Lillydoo | D34b- Centexbel Report | D35-Technical drawing HBD7 cross section | D36-Technical drawing HBD7 top view | D37-Technical drawing HBD7 inserts | D38a-Invoice EKOTEC SAP | D38b-Invoice Storeanso Fluff | D38c-Invoice Berry BCW | D38d-Invoice Fitesa TCW | D39a-TDS EKOTEC SAP | ANONYMOUS: "Care by Stora Enso storgenso Untreated TCF", STORA ENSO, 6 November 2018 (2018-11-06), pages 1 - 4, XP093239898 | D39c-TDS Berry BCW - TDS SM 15 PBWC V-10 | D39d-TDS Fitesa TCW - Product Code: PS6FW-12A 021FA | D40-Internal test card HBD7 - Drylock Technologies | RUSSEL S.J: "Handbook of Nonwovens", 1 January 2007, WOODHEAD PUBLISHING LIMITED, ISBN: 978-1-85573-603-0, article BHAT G S: "Polymer-laid web formation", pages: 168 - 172, XP093239907 | D42-PP Spunbond nonwoven--Spunbond Nonwoven Fabric-Zend Nonwoven Co.,Ltd landscape | JINKA SUDHEER, BEHRENS RACHEL, KORZENIEWSKI CAROL, SINGH VINITKUMAR, ARUNACHALAM APPACHI, PARAMESWARAN SIVA, COIMBATORE GOPAL, KEN: "Atmospheric pressure plasma treatment and breathability of polypropylene nonwoven fabric", JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL TEXTILES, vol. 42, no. 4, 1 April 2013 (2013-04-01), US , pages 501 - 514, XP093208199, ISSN: 1528-0837, DOI: 10.1177/1528083712464257 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1528083712464257 | MIDHA VINAY KUMAR, DAKURI ARJUN, MIDHA VARSHA: "Studies on the properties of nonwoven surgical gowns", JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL TEXTILES, vol. 43, no. 2, 1 October 2013 (2013-10-01), US , pages 174 - 190, XP093208217, ISSN: 1528-0837, DOI: 10.1177/1528083712450742 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1528083712450742 | D45-Centexbel report pattern channel | D46-Centexbel report thickness | D47-Declaration W Van Ingelgem |