EP0745120 - PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SOAP BARS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.09.2002 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | 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
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Unilever N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL | [N/P] |
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UNILEVER PLC Unilever House, Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB | ||
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UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL | |||
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UNILEVER PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB | ||
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UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL | Inventor(s) | 01 /
CHOKAPPA, Kalyansundaram, Dhanraj Hindustan Lever Research Centre Flats 3C Agraysar ICT Link Road Chakala Andheri East Bombay 400 099 / IN | 02 /
NAIK, Vijay, Mukund Nandadeep Cooperative Housing Society Jay Prakash Nagar Goregaon East Bombay 400063 / IN | [1996/49] | Representative(s) | Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever Patent Group Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1996/49] | Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever plc Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 95908222.3 | 28.01.1995 | [1996/49] | WO1995EP00317 | Priority number, date | GB19940002837 | 15.02.1994 Original published format: GB 9402837 | [1996/49] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9521907 | Date: | 17.08.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/35] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0745120 | Date: | 04.12.1996 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.08.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1996/49] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0745120 | Date: | 21.11.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/47] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 17.08.1995 | Classification | IPC: | C11D13/18, B29B7/48 | [1996/49] | CPC: |
C11D13/18 (EP,US);
B29C48/62 (EP,US);
B29C48/05 (EP,US);
B29C48/06 (EP,US);
B29C48/07 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1996/49] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON SEIFENRIEGELN UND VORRICHTUNG HIERFÜR | [1996/49] | English: | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SOAP BARS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | [1996/49] | French: | PROCEDE DE FABRICATION DE PAINS DE SAVON ET APPAREIL POUR SA MISE EN OEUVRE | [1996/49] | Entry into regional phase | 23.01.1996 | National basic fee paid | 23.01.1996 | Designation fee(s) paid | 23.01.1996 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 12.08.1995 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 23.01.1996 | Examination requested [1996/49] | 14.04.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 12.08.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 27.12.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 02.05.2000 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 15.03.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 29.05.2001 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.06.2001 | Fee for grant paid | 05.06.2001 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 22.08.2002 | No opposition filed within time limit [2002/46] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 20.01.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 16.01.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 15.01.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 19.01.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 22.01.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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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 | 21.11.2001 | LI | 21.11.2001 | NL | 21.11.2001 | SE | 21.02.2002 | [2003/08] |
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Former [2002/26] | SE | 21.02.2002 | Cited in | International search | [A]GB1191721 (COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO [US]) [A] 1-11 * page 3, line 15 - line 25; figures 11-15 *; | [A]US3891365 (FISCHER CHARLES F) [A] 1,2 * claim - *; | [A]JPH01165699 (NIPPON OILS & FATS CO LTD) [A] 1,2* abstract *; | [A]GB2233927 (SATO IRON WORKS [JP]) [A] 1,2 * figure -; claim - *; | [A]EP0464816 (KAO CORP [JP]) [A] 1,2 * page 7, line 42 - line 55; figure -; claim - *; | [PX]WO9413778 (UNILEVER PLC [GB], et al) [PX] 1-11 * the whole document * |