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EP0938608 - IMPROVED DRYING FOR PATTERNED PAPER WEBS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 05.03.2004 Database last updated on 26.06.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	22.08.2008	Change - representative	published on 24.09.2008 [2008/39]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OH 45202 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2003/18]	For all designated states THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 / US
Former [1999/35]	For all designated states THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / PHAN, Dean, Van 6512 Tylers Crossing West Chester, OH 45069 / US
	[1999/35]
Representative(s)	Hirsch, Uwe T. Procter & Gamble Service GmbH IP Department Frankfurter Strasse 145 61476 Kronberg im Taunus / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/39]	Hirsch, Uwe Thomas M.H. Procter & Gamble Service GmbH Sulzbacher Strasse 40-50 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
Former [2003/02]	Hirsch, Uwe Thomas M.H. Procter & Gamble Service GmbH, Sulzbacher Strasse 40-50 65823 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
Former [2002/06]	Nargolwalla, Cyra, et al Cabinet Plasseraud 84, rue d'Amsterdam 75440 Paris Cedex 09 / FR
Former [1999/35]	Canonici, Jean-Jacques, et al Procter & Gamble European Service GmbH, Sulzbacher Strasse 40-50 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus / DE
Application number, filing date	97947482.2	14.11.1997
	[1999/35]
	WO1997US20649
Priority number, date	US19960748870	14.11.1996 Original published format: US 748870
	[1999/35]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9821405
	Date:	22.05.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/20]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0938608
	Date:	01.09.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.05.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/35]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0938608
	Date:	02.05.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/18]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	22.05.1998
Classification	IPC:	D21F11/00	[1999/35]
	CPC:	D21F11/006 (EP,US); D21F11/00 (KR)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, NL, PT, SE [1999/35]
Title	German:	VERBESSERTE TROCKNUNG VON GEMUSTERTEN PAPIERBAHNEN	[1999/35]
	English:	IMPROVED DRYING FOR PATTERNED PAPER WEBS	[1999/35]
	French:	SECHAGE AMELIORE POUR BANDES CONTINUES DE PAPIER A MOTIFS	[2002/46]
	Former [1999/35]	SECHAGE AMELIROE POUR BANDES CONTINUES DE PAPIER A MOTIFS
Entry into regional phase	21.05.1999	National basic fee paid
	21.05.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	21.05.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	28.05.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	21.05.1999	Examination requested [1999/35]
	28.06.2000	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	14.12.2000	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.07.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	25.01.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.10.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	20.02.2003	Fee for grant paid
	20.02.2003	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	03.02.2004	No opposition filed within time limit [2004/17]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	21.05.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	10.11.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	07.11.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	07.11.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	02.05.2003
	BE	02.05.2003
	CH	02.05.2003
	FI	02.05.2003
	LI	02.05.2003
	NL	02.05.2003
	DK	02.08.2003
	GR	02.08.2003
	PT	04.08.2003
	ES	13.08.2003
	IE	14.11.2003
	LU	14.11.2003
	[2005/03]
Former [2004/39]	AT	02.05.2003
	BE	02.05.2003
	CH	02.05.2003
	FI	02.05.2003
	LI	02.05.2003
	NL	02.05.2003
	DK	02.08.2003
	GR	02.08.2003
	PT	04.08.2003
	ES	13.08.2003
	LU	14.11.2003
Former [2004/28]	AT	02.05.2003
	BE	02.05.2003
	CH	02.05.2003
	FI	02.05.2003
	LI	02.05.2003
	NL	02.05.2003
	DK	02.08.2003
	GR	02.08.2003
	PT	04.08.2003
	ES	13.08.2003
Former [2004/23]	AT	02.05.2003
	CH	02.05.2003
	FI	02.05.2003
	LI	02.05.2003
	NL	02.05.2003
	DK	02.08.2003
	GR	02.08.2003
	PT	04.08.2003
	ES	13.08.2003
Former [2004/05]	AT	02.05.2003
	CH	02.05.2003
	FI	02.05.2003
	LI	02.05.2003
	NL	02.05.2003
	GR	02.08.2003
	PT	04.08.2003
	ES	13.08.2003
Former [2004/03]	AT	02.05.2003
	CH	02.05.2003
	LI	02.05.2003
	NL	02.05.2003
	GR	02.08.2003
	PT	04.08.2003
	ES	13.08.2003
Former [2004/02]	CH	02.05.2003
	LI	02.05.2003
	NL	02.05.2003
	GR	02.08.2003
	PT	04.08.2003
Former [2004/01]	CH	02.05.2003
	LI	02.05.2003
Cited in	International search	[A]GB1073063 (PROCTER & GAMBLE) [A] 1,3,5-8 * the whole document *;
		[A]FR2388076 (EBELING KARI [FI]) [A] 1,3,5-8 * the whole document *;
		[A]EP0140404 (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]) [A] 1-4,7,8* the whole document *;
		[A]DE3600530 (WANGNER GMBH CO KG HERMANN [DE]) [A] 1,3,5-8 * the whole document *

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