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EP0674891
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0674891 - Liquid distribution layer for absorbent articles [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.08.2003 Database last updated on 03.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.12.2003 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES | published on 21.01.2004 [2004/04] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 401 North Lake Street Neenah, WI 54956 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/01] | For all designated states KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 401 North Lake Street Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 / US | ||
| Former [1997/51] | For all designated states KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 401 North Lake Street Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 / US | ||
| Former [1995/40] | For all designated states KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION 401 North Lake Street Neenah Wisconsin 54957-0349 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
McDowall, Debra Jean 245 Spearfield Trace Roswell, GA 30075 / US | 02 /
Levy, Ruth Lisa 939 Winslow Terrace Sugar Hill, GA 30518 / US | 03 /
Varona, Eugenio Go 3309 Woodrum Trail Marietta, GA 30062 / US | 04 /
Paul, Susan Carol 310 Tanners Crossing Alpharetta, GA 30202 / US | 05 /
Shultz, Jay Sheldon 550 Woodline Court Rosewell, GA 30076 / US | 06 /
Wright, Robert David 104 Cloister Drive Peachtree City, GA 30269 / US | 07 /
Sawyer, Lawrence Howell 245 Spearfield Terrace Rosell, GA 30075 / US | [1995/40] | Representative(s) | Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1995/40] | Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät Maximilianstrasse 58 D-80538 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 95104572.3 | 28.03.1995 | [1995/40] | Priority number, date | US19940220892 | 31.03.1994 Original published format: US 220892 | [1995/40] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0674891 | Date: | 04.10.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/40] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0674891 | Date: | 21.01.1998 | [1998/04] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0674891 | Date: | 09.10.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/41] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 08.12.1997 | Classification | IPC: | A61F13/15, D04H1/74 | [1997/22] | CPC: |
A61F13/53713 (EP,US);
A61L15/16 (KR);
A61F13/15617 (EP,US);
A61F13/15699 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1995/40] | A61F13/15 | Designated contracting states | BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE [1995/40] | Title | German: | Schicht zur Verteilung von Flüssigkeit in absorbierenden Artikeln | [1995/40] | English: | Liquid distribution layer for absorbent articles | [1995/40] | French: | Couche pour la distribution des liquides dans les articles absorbants | [1995/40] | Examination procedure | 06.03.1998 | Examination requested [1998/19] | 23.11.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 02.06.2000 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.08.2000 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 28.12.2000 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.07.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 28.11.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 17.12.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 26.04.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 07.05.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 28.06.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 28.06.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 10.07.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2003/40] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 07.03.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 05.03.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 04.03.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 06.03.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 05.03.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 04.03.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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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 | BE | 09.10.2002 | NL | 09.10.2002 | SE | 09.01.2003 | ES | 29.04.2003 | [2004/04] |
| Former [2003/51] | BE | 09.10.2002 | |
| NL | 09.10.2002 | ||
| SE | 09.01.2003 | ||
| Former [2003/30] | NL | 09.10.2002 | |
| SE | 09.01.2003 | ||
| Former [2003/27] | SE | 09.01.2003 | Documents cited: | Search | [XY]EP0547498 (KIMBERLY CLARK CO [US]) [X] 1-3,8,9,14,15 * the whole document * [Y] 10-13,16,20,21; | [DX]EP0564784 (KIMBERLY CLARK CO [US]) [DX] 1-4,6,17,18 * the whole document *; | [X]US4656081 (ANDO KATSUTOSHI [JP], et al) [X] 1-4,17,19 * column W *; | [X]EP0391814 (EASTMAN KODAK CO [US]) [X] 1 * page 9, line 47 - line 52; figures 23A-25 *; | [DX]US4360022 (USAMI AKIRA, et al) [DX] 1 * column 2, line 41 - line 65 *; | [A]US5257982 (COHEN RICHMOND R [US], et al) [A] 1 * claim - *; | [A]DE3501897 (BAYER AG [DE]) [A] 1 * figure -; claim - *; | [Y]US4714647 (SHIPP JR PETER W [US], et al) [Y] 10-13,16,20,21 * column W *; | [A]US3709750 (MINSHELL H) [A] 8,11,16 * column 3, line 26 - column 4, line 61 *; | [PDA]US5320891 (LEVY RUTH L [US], et al) [PDA] 22 * claim - * |