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EP1115822 - USE OF CATIONIC MATERIALS AND COMPOSITIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 01.07.2011 Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	01.07.2011	Revocation of patent	published on 03.08.2011 [2011/31]
Applicant(s)	For:CY GB IE Unilever PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London Greater London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LI LU MC NL PT SE Unilever N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
	[N/P]
Former [2008/32]	For:CY GB IE Unilever PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LI LU MC NL PT SE UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Former [2006/29]	For:CY GB IE UNILEVER PLC Unilever House Blackfriars P.O. Box 68 London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LI LU MC NL PT SE UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Former [2006/02]	For:CY GB IE UNILEVER PLC Unilever House Blackfriars P.O. Box 68 London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LU MC NL PT SE UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Former [2001/29]	For:CY GB IE UNILEVER PLC Unilever House Blackfriars P.O. Box 68 London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LU MC NL PT SE UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Inventor(s)	01 / FUTTER, Keri Unilever Research Port Sunlight Quarry Road East Bebington Wirral Merseyside CH63 3JW / GB
	02 / MCHATTIE, Gillian Unilever Research Port Sunlight Quarry Road East Bebington Wirral Merseyside CH63 3JW / GB
	03 / SAMS, Philip John Unilever Research Port Sunlight Quarry Road East Bebington Wirral Merseyside CH63 3JW / GB
	04 / WHALEY, Christopher Unilever Resear.Port Sunlight Quarry Road East Bebington Wirral Merseyside CH63 3JW / GB
	05 / YORK, Michael Unilever Research Colworth Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 1LQ / GB
	[2001/29]
Representative(s)	Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever Patent Group Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2008/22]	Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever Patent Group Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Former [2006/03]	Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever Patent Group Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Former [2005/42]	Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever PLC Unilever Intellectual Property Group Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford, MK44 1LQ / GB
Former [2005/11]	Hally, Anna-Louise Lloyd Wise, Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1LW / GB
Former [2001/29]	Elliott, Peter William, et al Unilever plc Patent Department, Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Application number, filing date	99950531.6	14.09.1999
	[2001/29]
	WO1999EP06993
Priority number, date	GB19980020554	21.09.1998 Original published format: GB 9820554
	[2001/29]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0017297
	Date:	30.03.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/13]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1115822
	Date:	18.07.2001
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.03.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2001/29]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1115822
	Date:	11.01.2006
	Language:	EN
	[2006/02]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	30.03.2000
Classification	IPC:	C11D3/00, C11D1/62, C11D3/37	[2001/29]
	CPC:	C11D3/001 (EP); C11D1/62 (EP)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2001/29]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERWENDUNG VON KATIONISCHEN MATERIALIEN UND ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN	[2001/29]
	English:	USE OF CATIONIC MATERIALS AND COMPOSITIONS	[2001/29]
	French:	UTILISATION DE COMPOSITIONS ET DE MATERIAUX CATIONIQUES	[2001/29]
Entry into regional phase	08.02.2001	National basic fee paid
	08.02.2001	Designation fee(s) paid
	08.02.2001	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	28.02.2000	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	08.02.2001	Examination requested [2001/29]
	29.07.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	27.01.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.10.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	04.04.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.07.2005	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	26.10.2005	Fee for grant paid
	26.10.2005	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 10.10.2006 18.10.2006 ADMISSIBLE Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien VTP (Patente) Henkelstrasse 67 40589 Düsseldorf / DE Opponent's representative Stevermann, Birgit, et al, et al Henkel AG & Co. KGaA VTP Patente 40191 Düsseldorf / DE
		02 11.10.2006 19.10.2006 ADMISSIBLE The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OHIO 45202 / US Opponent's representative Kellenberger, Jakob NV Procter & Gamble Services Company S.A. Intellectual Property Department Temselaan 100 1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE
		[N/P]
	Former [2009/50]
	Opponent(s)	01 10.10.2006 18.10.2006 ADMISSIBLE Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien VTP (Patente) Henkelstrasse 67 40589 Düsseldorf / DE Opponent's representative Stevermann, Birgit, et al, et al Henkel AG & Co. KGaA VTP Patente 40191 Düsseldorf / DE
		02 11.10.2006 19.10.2006 ADMISSIBLE The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OHIO 45202 / US Opponent's representative Kellenberger, Jakob NV Procter & Gamble Services Company S.A. Intellectual Property Department Temselaan 100 1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE
	Former [2006/46]
	Opponent(s)	01 10.10.2006 ADMISSIBLE Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien VTP (Patente) Henkelstrasse 67 40589 Düsseldorf / DE Opponent's representative Stevermann, Birgit, et al, et al Henkel KGaA, Patente (VTP) 40191 Düsseldorf / DE
		02 11.10.2006 The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OHIO 45202 / US Opponent's representative Kellenberger, Jakob NV Procter & Gamble Services Company SA, Temselaan 100 1853 Strombeek-Bever / BE
	15.11.2006	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	16.07.2007	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	09.12.2008	Date of oral proceedings
	02.02.2009	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	02.02.2009	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
	08.04.2011	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2011/31]
Appeal following opposition	11.03.2009	Appeal received No. T0624/09
	27.05.2009	Statement of grounds filed
	08.04.2011	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected
	08.04.2011	Date of oral proceedings
	15.04.2011	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	21.09.2001	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.09.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
	24.09.2003	Renewal fee patent year 05
	23.09.2004	Renewal fee patent year 06
	21.09.2005	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	11.01.2006
	BE	11.01.2006
	CH	11.01.2006
	CY	11.01.2006
	FI	11.01.2006
	LI	11.01.2006
	NL	11.01.2006
	DK	11.04.2006
	SE	11.04.2006
	GR	12.04.2006
	PT	12.06.2006
	IE	14.09.2006
	LU	14.09.2006
	MC	30.09.2006
	[2009/02]
Former [2008/36]	AT	11.01.2006
	BE	11.01.2006
	CH	11.01.2006
	FI	11.01.2006
	LI	11.01.2006
	NL	11.01.2006
	DK	11.04.2006
	SE	11.04.2006
	GR	12.04.2006
	PT	12.06.2006
	IE	14.09.2006
	LU	14.09.2006
	MC	30.09.2006
Former [2008/21]	AT	11.01.2006
	BE	11.01.2006
	CH	11.01.2006
	FI	11.01.2006
	LI	11.01.2006
	NL	11.01.2006
	DK	11.04.2006
	SE	11.04.2006
	GR	12.04.2006
	PT	12.06.2006
	IE	14.09.2006
	MC	30.09.2006
Former [2008/18]	AT	11.01.2006
	BE	11.01.2006
	CH	11.01.2006
	FI	11.01.2006
	LI	11.01.2006
	NL	11.01.2006
	DK	11.04.2006
	SE	11.04.2006
	PT	12.06.2006
	IE	14.09.2006
	MC	30.09.2006
Former [2007/23]	AT	11.01.2006
	BE	11.01.2006
	CH	11.01.2006
	FI	11.01.2006
	LI	11.01.2006
	NL	11.01.2006
	DK	11.04.2006
	SE	11.04.2006
	PT	12.06.2006
Former [2007/02]	AT	11.01.2006
	CH	11.01.2006
	FI	11.01.2006
	LI	11.01.2006
	NL	11.01.2006
	DK	11.04.2006
	SE	11.04.2006
	PT	12.06.2006
Former [2006/49]	AT	11.01.2006
	CH	11.01.2006
	FI	11.01.2006
	LI	11.01.2006
	NL	11.01.2006
	SE	11.04.2006
	PT	12.06.2006
Former [2006/45]	AT	11.01.2006
	CH	11.01.2006
	FI	11.01.2006
	LI	11.01.2006
	NL	11.01.2006
	SE	11.04.2006
Former [2006/43]	AT	11.01.2006
	CH	11.01.2006
	FI	11.01.2006
	LI	11.01.2006
Former [2006/42]	CH	11.01.2006
	FI	11.01.2006
	LI	11.01.2006
Former [2006/36]	FI	11.01.2006

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