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EP0734321
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| EP0734321 - BREATHABLE, CLOTH-LIKE FILM/NONWOVEN COMPOSITE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 08.04.2005 Database last updated on 29.03.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.02.2006 | Change - lapse in a contracting state Updated state(s): FR | published on 05.04.2006 [2006/14] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 401 North Lake Street Neenah, WI 54956 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/02] | For all designated states KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 401 North Lake Street Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 / US | ||
| Former [1996/40] | For all designated states KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION 401 North Lake Street Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MCCORMACK, Ann, Louise 2835 Stratfield Drive Cumming, GA 30131 / US | [1996/40] | Representative(s) | Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/02] | Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München / DE | ||
| Former [1996/40] | Grünecker, August, Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwälte Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Partner Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 95904810.9 | 06.12.1994 | [1996/40] | WO1994US13948 | Priority number, date | US19930169826 | 17.12.1993 Original published format: US 169826 | [1996/40] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9516562 | Date: | 22.06.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/26] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0734321 | Date: | 02.10.1996 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.06.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1996/40] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0734321 | Date: | 17.03.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/11] | Type: | B2 New European patent specification | No.: | EP0734321 | Date: | 25.05.2005 | Language: | EN | [2005/21] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 22.06.1995 | Classification | IPC: | B32B5/24, B32B27/32, C08J5/12, C08J5/18, D04H13/00 | [1996/40] | CPC: |
B32B5/24 (EP,US);
B32B27/08 (US);
B32B27/12 (EP,US);
B32B27/20 (US);
B32B27/32 (US);
B32B37/153 (US);
B32B38/0032 (EP,US);
B32B5/022 (US);
B32B7/12 (US);
B32B2038/0028 (US);
B32B2250/242 (US);
B32B2262/0253 (US);
B32B2262/14 (US);
B32B2270/00 (US);
B32B2307/724 (US);
B32B2307/7265 (US);
B32B2323/046 (US);
B32B2323/10 (US);
B32B2555/02 (US);
Y10T428/31913 (EP,US);
Y10T442/668 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL, PT, SE [1996/40] | Title | German: | VERBUNDMATERIAL AUS EINER UNDURCHLÄSSIGEN, TEXTILARTIGEN FOLIE UND EINEM VLIES | [1996/40] | English: | BREATHABLE, CLOTH-LIKE FILM/NONWOVEN COMPOSITE | [1996/40] | French: | COMPOSITE PERMEABLE A L'AIR, A BASE D'UN FILM DE TYPE ETOFFE ET D'UN NON TISSE | [1996/40] | Entry into regional phase | 14.06.1996 | National basic fee paid | 14.06.1996 | Designation fee(s) paid | 14.06.1996 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 14.07.1995 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 14.06.1996 | Examination requested [1996/40] | 04.02.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 17.07.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.08.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 22.10.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 20.02.1998 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 13.07.1998 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 15.10.1998 | Fee for grant paid | 15.10.1998 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
14.12.1999
22.12.1999
ADMISSIBLE The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OHIO 45202 / US Opponent's representative Hirsch, Uwe T. Procter & Gamble Service GmbH IP Department Frankfurter Strasse 145 61476 Kronberg im Taunus / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/05] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
14.12.1999
The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OHIO 45202 / US Opponent's representative Hirsch, Uwe Thomas Procter & Gamble European Service GmbH, Sulzbacher Strasse 40-50 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE | 21.01.2000 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 29.05.2000 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 12.06.2001 | Date of oral proceedings | 04.07.2001 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 04.07.2001 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 01.09.2004 | Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition | 13.12.2004 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended | 16.03.2005 | Fee for printing new specification paid | Appeal following opposition | 12.09.2001 | Appeal received No. T1004/01 | 14.11.2001 | Statement of grounds filed | 01.09.2004 | Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected | 01.09.2004 | Date of oral proceedings | 07.09.2004 | Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 09.12.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 05.12.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 21.12.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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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 | FR | 17.03.1999 | PT | 30.06.2001 | [2006/14] |
| Former [2002/26] | FR | 13.08.1999 | |
| PT | 30.06.2001 | ||
| Former [2000/24] | FR | 13.08.1999 | Cited in | International search | [A]JPS63286331 ; | [X]EP0066672 (MITSUBISHI CHEM IND [JP]) [X] 1,2 * page 2, line 21 - page 6, line 5 * * page 7, line 15 - line 21 * * page 8, line 7 - line 12 *; | [X]GB2115702 (KAO CORP) [X] 1,2 * page 1, line 24 - page 2, line 12 *; | [DA]US4789699 (KIEFFER JOHN S [US], et al) [DA] 16,17 * column 5, line 15 - line 68 ** column 10, line 44 - line 65 *; | [X]EP0309073 (EXXON CHEMICAL PATENTS INC [US]) [X] 1-17 * page 3, line 13 - page 4, line 2 * * page 5, line 39 - line 44 * * examples 1,6 * | [A] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 02, no. 89, Database accession no. 89-011132, & JPS63286331 A 19881124 (ASAHI CHEMICAL IND KK) [A] 1-17 * abstract * |