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EP0874610
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0874610 - HIGHLY ABSORBENT TRANSFER LAYER STRUCTURE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent revoked Status updated on 04.05.2007 Database last updated on 18.10.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 04.05.2007 | Revocation of patent | published on 06.06.2007 [2007/23] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states JOHNSON & JOHNSON INC. 7101 Notre-Dame Street East Montreal Quebec H1N 2G4 / CA | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/45] | For all designated states JOHNSON & JOHNSON INC. 7101 Notre-Dame Street East Montreal, Quebec H1N 2G4 / CA | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BOULANGER, Roger 1848 de Bourgogne Sainte-Julie, Quebec J3E 1CO / CA | [1998/45] | Representative(s) | Mercer, Christopher Paul Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/45] | Mercer, Christopher Paul Carpmaels & Ransford 43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB | Application number, filing date | 96929155.8 | 12.09.1996 | [1998/45] | WO1996CA00607 | Priority number, date | CA19952160757 | 17.10.1995 Original published format: CA 2160757 | [1998/45] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9714384 | Date: | 24.04.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/18] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0874610 | Date: | 04.11.1998 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.04.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1998/45] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0874610 | Date: | 26.06.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/26] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 24.04.1997 | Classification | IPC: | A61F13/15 | [1998/45] | CPC: |
A61F13/53747 (EP);
A61F13/53713 (EP);
A61F13/53717 (EP);
A61F2013/15487 (EP);
A61F2013/53721 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, NL [1998/45] | Title | German: | HOCHABSORBIERENDER ARTIKEL MIT EINER SCHICHTSTRUKTUR ZUM ABLEITEN VON FLÜSSIGKEIT | [1998/45] | English: | HIGHLY ABSORBENT TRANSFER LAYER STRUCTURE | [1998/45] | French: | STRUCTURE DE COUCHE DE TRANSFERT FORTEMENT ABSORBANTE | [1998/45] | Entry into regional phase | 12.05.1998 | National basic fee paid | 12.05.1998 | Designation fee(s) paid | 12.05.1998 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 17.04.1997 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 13.05.1998 | Examination requested [1998/45] | 10.05.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 19.11.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.04.2000 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 03.11.2000 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.07.2001 | Date of oral proceedings | 18.10.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 18.10.2001 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 07.01.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.04.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 05.04.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OHIO 45202 / US Opponent's representative Samuels, Lucy Alice, et al, et al Gill Jennings & Every LLP The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street London EC2A 2ES / GB | [N/P] |
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| Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OHIO 45202 / US Opponent's representative Samuels, Lucy Alice, et al, et al Gill Jennings & Every Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB | ||
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| Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OHIO 45202 / US Opponent's representative Kremer, Véronique Procter & Gamble Service GmbH 65823 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE | 30.04.2003 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 01.03.2004 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 17.03.2005 | Date of oral proceedings | 08.04.2005 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 08.04.2005 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 23.02.2007 | Legal effect of revocation of patent [2007/23] | 23.02.2007 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked | Appeal following opposition | 08.06.2005 | Appeal received No. T0715/05 | 29.07.2005 | Statement of grounds filed | 23.02.2007 | Result of appeal procedure: revocation of the patent | 23.02.2007 | Date of oral proceedings | 02.03.2007 | Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 12.05.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.09.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 13.09.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 12.09.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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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. | Cited in | International search | [X]WO9011170 (WEYERHAEUSER CO [US]) [X] 1-30 * the whole document *; | [X]WO9216681 (WEYERHAEUSER CO [US]) [X] 1-30 * page 11, line 6 - page 17, line 31 *; | [A]EP0547498 (KIMBERLY CLARK CO [US]) [A] 1,13 * abstract *; | [A]WO9101766 (NAT FELT COMPANY [US]) [A] 1,13,27 * page 9, line 6 - line 26 * * abstract *; | [A]GB2266465 (MOELNLYCKE AB [SE]) [A] 1 * claim 1 *; | [A]WO9301779 (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]) [A] 1 * abstract * |