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EP0704197 - Absorbent article [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 23.05.2008 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	29.08.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): FR	published on 01.10.2008 [2008/40]
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 [1997/50]	For all designated states Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. 401 North Lake Street Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 / US
Former [1997/49]	For all designated states Kimberley-Clark Worldwide, Inc. 401 North Lake Street Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 / US
Former [1996/14]	For all designated states KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION 401 North Lake Street Neenah, Wisconsin 54956-0349 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Siebers, Bruce Michael 60 Regal Terrace Appleton, WI 54915 / US
	02 / Travis, Gary Lee 149 Brockway Avenue Oshkosh, WI 54901 / US
	03 / Odorzynski, Thomas Walter 255 Warren Court Green Bay, WI 54301 / US
	[1996/14]
Representative(s)	Davies, Christopher Robert, et al Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2008/33]	Davies, Christopher Robert, et al Frank B. Dehn & Co. St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB
Former [2002/23]	Davies, Christopher Robert, et al Frank B. Dehn & Co. Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL / GB
Former [1996/14]	DIEHL GLAESER HILTL & PARTNER Flüggenstrasse 13 D-80639 München / DE
Application number, filing date	95114306.4	17.12.1991
	[1996/14]
Priority number, date	US19900628251	17.12.1990 Original published format: US 628251
	[1996/14]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0704197
	Date:	03.04.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/14]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0704197
	Date:	05.06.1996
	[1996/23]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0704197
	Date:	11.05.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/19]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.04.1996
Classification	IPC:	A61F13/62	[1996/14]
	CPC:	A61F13/622 (EP,US); A61F13/15 (KR); B29L2031/4878 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE [1996/14]
Title	German:	Saugfähiger Artikel	[1996/14]
	English:	Absorbent article	[1996/14]
	French:	Article absorbant	[1996/14]
Examination procedure	12.09.1995	Examination requested [1996/14]
	21.02.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	20.08.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	13.11.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
	04.11.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	17.01.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	01.09.2003	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	11.11.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.03.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	28.05.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.11.2004	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.03.2005	Fee for grant paid
	09.03.2005	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP91121581.2 / EP0491347
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 09.02.2006 17.02.2006 ADMISSIBLE The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OHIO 45202 / US Opponent's representative Heide, Ute, et al, et al Procter & Gamble Service GmbH IP Department Sulzbacher Straße 40-50 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
		[N/P]
	Former [2007/39]
	Opponent(s)	01 09.02.2006 17.02.2006 ADMISSIBLE The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OHIO 45202 / US Opponent's representative Heide, Ute, et al, et al Procter & Gamble Service GmbH Sulzbacher Straße 40-50 65824 Schwalbach / DE
	Former [2006/14]
	Opponent(s)	01 09.02.2006 The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OHIO 45202 / US Opponent's representative Borbach, Markus, et al, et al Procter & Gamble European Service GmbH, Sulzbacher Strasse 40-50 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
	17.03.2006	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	27.09.2006	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	10.01.2008	Date of oral proceedings
	07.02.2008	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	07.02.2008	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2008/26]
	07.02.2008	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
Request for further processing for:	11.11.2003	Request for further processing filed
	11.11.2003	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	25.11.2003	Decision despatched
	04.11.2002	Request for further processing filed
	04.11.2002	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	15.11.2002	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	12.09.1995	Renewal fee patent year 03
	12.09.1995	Renewal fee patent year 04
	05.02.1996	Renewal fee patent year 05
	09.12.1996	Renewal fee patent year 06
	05.12.1997	Renewal fee patent year 07
	21.12.1998	Renewal fee patent year 08
	06.12.1999	Renewal fee patent year 09
	07.12.2000	Renewal fee patent year 10
	07.12.2001	Renewal fee patent year 11
	04.12.2002	Renewal fee patent year 12
	03.12.2003	Renewal fee patent year 13
	03.12.2004	Renewal fee patent year 14
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	01.01.1996	05 M06 Fee paid on 05.02.1996
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	BE	11.05.2005
	SE	18.12.2006
	FR	31.12.2006
	[2008/40]
Former [2007/39]	BE	11.05.2005
	SE	18.12.2006
Former [2006/13]	BE	11.05.2005
Documents cited:	Search	[XA]EP0278866 (KAYSERSBERG SA [FR]) [X] 1 * column 3, line 43 - line 52; figures 1,5; claims 1,3,10 * [A] 2,4,5;
		[AP]GB2233876 (KIMBERLY CLARK CO [US]) [AP] 1,2,5-7,10-15 * page 10, line 27 - page 15, line 25; figure 1; claims 1-4 *;
		[A]US4299223 (CRONKRITE WILLIAM E) [A] 1,4,5 * column 4, line 25 - column 6, line 54; figures 1-7 *;
		[A]EP0319249 (MINNESOTA MINING & MFG [US]) [A] 1,2,7 * figures 1-4; claims 1-3 *;
		[A]GB2074011 (NOEL LAB SOUTH AFRICA PTY) [A] 1,16 * the whole document *;
		[A]US4705710 (MATSUDA YOSHIO [JP]) [A] 17 * column 1, line 66 - column 3, line 18; figures 1,2 *
	by applicant	EP0374730

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