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EP0699234
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0699234 - IMPROVEMEMTS RELATING TO SOAP BARS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 22.05.1998 Database last updated on 01.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 04.01.2003 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): NL | published on 19.02.2003 [2003/08] | Applicant(s) | For:GB
Unilever PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London Greater London EC4P 4BQ / GB | For:CH
DE
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IT
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Unilever N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL | [N/P] |
| Former [1996/10] | For:GB
UNILEVER PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB | ||
| For:CH
DE
ES
FR
IT
LI
NL
SE
UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 NL-3013 AL Rotterdam / NL | Inventor(s) | 01 /
CHAMBERS, John George 11 Central Avenue, Bromborough Wirral, Merseyside L62 2BS / GB | 02 /
IRLAM, Geoffrey 49 Tabley Close, Oxton Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside L43 2LB / GB | [1996/10] | Representative(s) | Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever Patent Group Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1996/38] | Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever plc Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | ||
| Former [1996/10] | Bryant, Tracey, et al Unilever PLC Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 94915151.8 | 28.04.1994 | [1996/10] | WO1994EP01441 | Priority number, date | GB19930010323 | 19.05.1993 Original published format: GB 9310323 | [1996/10] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9426866 | Date: | 24.11.1994 | Language: | EN | [1994/26] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0699234 | Date: | 06.03.1996 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.11.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1996/10] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0699234 | Date: | 16.07.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/29] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 24.11.1994 | Classification | IPC: | C11D10/04, C11D17/00 | [1996/10] | CPC: |
C11D10/042 (EP,US);
C11D17/006 (EP,US);
C11D1/126 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1996/10] | Title | German: | VERBESSERUNGEN VON SEIFENSTÜCKEN | [1996/10] | English: | IMPROVEMEMTS RELATING TO SOAP BARS | [1996/10] | French: | AMELIORATIONS RELATIVES A DES PAINS DE SAVON | [1996/10] | Entry into regional phase | 22.09.1995 | National basic fee paid | 22.09.1995 | Designation fee(s) paid | 22.09.1995 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 02.12.1994 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 22.09.1995 | Examination requested [1996/10] | 23.04.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 06.05.1996 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 11.09.1996 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 02.12.1996 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 09.12.1996 | Fee for grant paid | 09.12.1996 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 17.04.1998 | No opposition filed within time limit [1998/28] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 18.04.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 21.04.1997 | 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 | CH | 16.07.1997 | LI | 16.07.1997 | NL | 16.07.1997 | SE | 16.10.1997 | [2003/08] |
| Former [1998/43] | CH | 16.07.1997 | |
| LI | 16.07.1997 | ||
| SE | 16.10.1997 | ||
| Former [1998/12] | SE | 16.10.1997 | |