| EP0004991 - Method and apparatus for cleansing and disinfecting a flushing toilet [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.09.2016 Database last updated on 11.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 14.09.2016 | No opposition filed within time limit | Applicant(s) | For all designated states THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 301 East Sixth Street Cincinnati, OH 45202 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1980/14] | For all designated states THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 301 East Sixth Street Cincinnati Ohio 45202 / US | ||
| Former [1980/14] | For all designated states THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 301 East Sixth Street Cincinnati Ohio 45201 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Wages, Dwight Eugene 134 Wrenwood Lane Terrace Park Ohio 45174 / US | [N/P] | Representative(s) | Ernst, Hubert, et al PROCTER & GAMBLE EUROPEAN TECHNICAL CENTER Temselaan 100 1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE | [N/P] |
| Former [1982/18] | Ernst, Hubert, et al PROCTER & GAMBLE EUROPEAN TECHNICAL CENTER Temselaan 100 B-1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE | Application number, filing date | 79200173.7 | 09.04.1979 | Priority number, date | US19780897479 | 18.04.1978 Original published format: US 897479 | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0004991 | Date: | 31.10.1979 | Language: | EN | [N/P] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0004991 | Date: | 05.05.1982 | Language: | EN | [1982/18] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 09.08.1979 | Classification | IPC: | E03D9/03, A61L2/16 | [1982/18] | CPC: |
A61L9/05 (EP,US);
E03D9/038 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1982/18] | E03D9/03, A61L3/00 | Designated contracting states | BE, DE, FR, GB, IT, NL | Title | German: | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Reinigung und Desinfektion einer Spültoilette | English: | Method and apparatus for cleansing and disinfecting a flushing toilet | French: | Procédé et dispositif pour nettoyer et désinfecter les cuvettes de cabinets | Examination procedure | 21.04.1980 | Examination requested [1980/15] | 20.05.1981 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: ) | 28.09.1981 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 19.12.1981 | Fee for grant paid | 19.12.1981 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 07.02.1983 | No opposition filed within time limit [ N /P ] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.03.1981 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 29.03.1982 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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