EP0339935A3
Dental floss and interdental cleaning tool
Abstract
A dental floss having excellent tensile strength, impact strength, water resistance, creep resistance and use feeling and composed of a drawn multifilament of an ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyolefin having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 5 dl/g or an ultrahigh-molecular-weight ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer containing an alpha-olefin having at least 3 carbon atoms in an amount of 0.1 to 20 on an average per 1000 carbon atoms. An interdental cleaning tool comprising the dental floss stretched taut between protruding portions of the tool is also provided.
Term
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Projected expiry passed 25 April 2009, 17.4 years ago.
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Every citation, both ways
| Document | Relation | Office | Category | Cited during |
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| EP0052353A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | Y | Search report |
| US4583564A | Cites | United States of America | Y | Search report |
| US4646766A | Cites | United States of America | X | Search report |
14 members in 7 offices
Priority claims8
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
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| 10318088 | Japan | – | |
| 10318088 | Japan | A | |
| 10318088 | Japan | A | |
| 10318188 | Japan | – | |
| 10318188 | Japan | A | |
| 10318188 | Japan | A | |
| JP19880103180 | – | – | – |
| JP19880103181 | – | – | – |
Members14
| Document | Office | Kind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP0339935A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| JPH01274754A | Japan | A | |
| JPH01274755A | Japan | A | |
| KR900015684A | Republic of Korea | A | |
| EP0339935A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| KR920003126B1 | Republic of Korea | B1 | |
| US5113880A | United States of America | A | |
| CA1319545C | Canada | C | |
| EP0339935B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| AT99527T | Austria | T | |
| DE68911984D1 | Germany | D1 | |
| DE68911984T2 | Germany | T2 | |
| JP2548295B2 | Japan | B2 | |
| JP2548296B2 | Japan | B2 |
34 legal events, as 4 offices reported them to INPADOC
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| Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25 | PG25 | EP | |
| Patent expired after termination of 20 yearsExpiredPE20 | PE20 | GB | |
| Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP | PGFP | EP | |
| Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP | PGFP | EP | |
| Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP | PGFP | EP | |
| European patent in force as of 2002-01-01IF02 | IF02 | GB | |
| Change of name or company nameCD | CD | FR | |
| No opposition filedOpposition26N | 26N | EP | |
| No opposition filed within time limitOppositionORIGINAL CODE: 0009261PLBE | PLBE | EP | |
| Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMITSTAA | STAA | EP | |
| Nl: lapsed or annulled due to failure to fulfill the requirements of art. 29p and 29m of the patents actLapsedNLV1 | NLV1 | EP | |
| Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25 | PG25 | EP | |
| Patent ceasedCeasedPL | PL | CH | |
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| Fr: translation filedET | ET | EP | |
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| Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25 | PG25 | EP | |
| Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25 | PG25 | EP | |
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| Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25 | PG25 | EP | |
| Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25 | PG25 | EP | |
| Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25 | PG25 | EP | |
| Corresponds to:REF | REF | EP | |
| (expected) grantORIGINAL CODE: 0009210GRAA | GRAA | EP | |
| First examination report despatched17Q | 17Q | EP | |
| Request for examination filed17P | 17P | EP | |
| Main classification (correction)RHK1 | RHK1 | EP | |
| Designated contracting statesAK | AK | EP | |
| Search report despatchedORIGINAL CODE: 0009013PUAL | PUAL | EP | |
| Designated contracting statesAK | AK | EP | |
| Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI | PUAI | EP |
Numbers
- Publication
- 0339935
- Publication, DOCDB
- 0339935
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0339935
- Application
- 304109
- Application, DOCDB
- 89304109
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19890304109
Titles3
- German
- Zahnseide und Instrument für die Reinigung von Zahnzwischenräumen
- English
- Dental floss and interdental cleaning tool
- French
- Soie dentaire et dispositif permettant le nettoyage des espaces interdentaires
Classification
- CPC, 4
- A61K8/02
- A61Q11/00
- A61C15/04
- A61C15/046
- IPC, 3
- A61C15 04
- A61K8 02
- A61Q11 00
Designated states1
- Contracting states, 1
- Sweden