EP1545418A4

Ergonomic tampon applicator

Abstract

This record has no abstract on file.

EP1545418A4, drawing sheet 1 — Sheet 1 of 2

Term

Term ended

Projected expiry passed 10 September 2023, 3 years ago.

Parties

Owner: EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE BRANDS LLC
Assigned now: BANK OF AMERICA NA
Applicants: PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC.
Inventors: LEMAY, Jessica, E., New Castle, DE 19720, United States of America
BENNETT, Kathryn, G., Fairfield, CT 06430, United States of America
EDGETT, Keith, J., Ramsey, NJ 07423, United States of America
JACKSON, Dane, R., Bloomingdale, NJ 07403, United States of America
and 2 more inventorsShow fewer
TURCHI, Mario, A., Tenafly, NJ 07670, United States of America
WEBER, Susanne, New York, NY 10038, United States of America

Examination

Examiner: Beins, Ulrika
Agent: Dr. Weitzel & Partner

Reach

Cites: 7 earlier patents, 1 other work⁠
Family: 64 members in 7 offices⁠US30CA12MX9JP4WO4EP3AU2

Classification

CPC: A61F13/26A61F13/266Y10S604/904A61F13/263A61F13/2077A61F13/34
IPC: A61F13 32A61F13 26A61F13 30A61F13 20

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Sheet 2

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Citations
Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP1040808A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	X	Search report	1-4,7-9,12-33,36-41
EP1101472A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	X	Search report	1-4,7-9,12-33,36-41
EP1101473A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	X	Search report	1-4,7-9,12-33,36-41
US4428370A	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1-4,7-9,12-20,22-24,27,28,31,36-40
US4536178A	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1-4,7-9,12-20,22-24,36,37
US4676773A	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1-4,7-9,12-20,22-24,33-37
US6248089B1	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1-14,17-20,22-24,36-38
See also references of WO 2004024193A2	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–

64 members in 7 offices

This recordMember, by publication datePriority claim

Priority claims3

Priority claims
Document	Office	Kind	Date
242474	United States of America	–	2002-09-12
24247402	United States of America	A	2002-09-12
0328181	United States of America	W	2003-09-10

Members64

Family members, oldest first
Document	Office	Kind
CA2443680A1	Canada	A1	2002-10-24
WO02083525A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	2002-10-24
WO02083525B1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	B1	2003-03-20
MXPA03009237A	Mexico	A	2004-03-16
US2004054317A1	United States of America	A1	2004-03-18
CA2498508A1	Canada	A1	2004-03-25
WO2004024193A2	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A2	2004-03-25
AU2003272295A1	Australia	A1	2004-04-30
AU2003272295A8	Australia	A8	2004-04-30
WO2004024193A3	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A3	2004-07-15
CA2479484A1	Canada	A1	2005-03-02
CA2814249A1	Canada	A1	2005-03-02
CA2911667A1	Canada	A1	2005-03-02
US2005044819A1	United States of America	A1	2005-03-03
CA2486136A1	Canada	A1	2005-05-06
US2005106706A1	United States of America	A1	2005-05-19
US2005115207A1	United States of America	A1	2005-06-02
MXPA05002767A	Mexico	A	2005-06-06
MXPA04008481A	Mexico	A	2005-06-08
EP1545418A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2005-06-29
MXPA04010901A	Mexico	A	2005-09-08
JP2005538777A	Japan	A	2005-12-22
US2006237461A1	United States of America	A1	2006-10-26
US2007157582A1	United States of America	A1	2007-07-12
US7350663B2	United States of America	B2	2008-04-01
CA2443680C	Canada	C	2009-08-25
US7594376B2	United States of America	B2	2009-09-29
JP4409434B2	Japan	B2	2010-02-03
JP2010042264A	Japan	A	2010-02-25
US7707808B2	United States of America	B2	2010-05-04
US7727208B2	United States of America	B2	2010-06-01
US2010204636A1	United States of America	A1	2010-08-12
EP1545418A4This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A4	2010-09-08
CA2486136C	Canada	C	2010-10-26
CA2498508C	Canada	C	2011-03-15
US2012152958A9	United States of America	A9	2012-06-21
MX302877B	Mexico	B	2012-08-30
US8337478B2	United States of America	B2	2012-12-25
JP5144614B2	Japan	B2	2013-02-13
US2013066254A1	United States of America	A1	2013-03-14
CA2479484C	Canada	C	2013-07-09
US2015068155A1	United States of America	A1	2015-03-12
US2015068165A1	United States of America	A1	2015-03-12
US2015105711A1	United States of America	A1	2015-04-16
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MX339195B	Mexico	B	2016-05-16
US9421135B2	United States of America	B2	2016-08-23
US2016296381A1	United States of America	A1	2016-10-13
CA2814249C	Canada	C	2016-12-20
US9662249B2	United States of America	B2	2017-05-30
EP1545418B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2017-07-19
US9718614B2	United States of America	B2	2017-08-01
US2017216103A1	United States of America	A1	2017-08-03
US2017217675A9	United States of America	A9	2017-08-03
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US2017282442A1	United States of America	A1	2017-10-05
US2017320662A1	United States of America	A1	2017-11-09
CA2911667C	Canada	C	2018-04-17
MX363402B	Mexico	B	2019-03-22
MX2019003304A	Mexico	A	2019-07-08
MX370997B	Mexico	B	2020-01-13
US2020039742A1	United States of America	A1	2020-02-06
US10618728B2	United States of America	B2	2020-04-14
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	Event	Code	Office
2023-10-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2023-10-04	Patent expired after termination of 20 yearsExpiredPE20	PE20	GB
2023-09-10	Expiry of rightR071	R071	DE
2023-07-05	Opt-out of the competence of the unified patent court (upc) registeredP01	P01	EP
2022-11-30	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2022-10-31	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2022-10-31	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2020-05-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-03-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2019-10-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2019-06-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-09-25	Fee paymentPLFP	PLFP	FR
2018-08-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-08-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-07-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-07-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-07-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-06-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-06-28	Lapsed because of non-payment of the annual feeLapsedMM	MM	BE
2018-06-27	No opposition filedOpposition26N	26N	EP
2018-06-27	Patent lapsedLapsedMM4A	MM4A	IE
2018-05-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-05-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-05-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-05-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-05-25	No opposition filed within time limitOppositionORIGINAL CODE: 0009261PLBE	PLBE	EP
2018-05-25	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMITSTAA	STAA	EP
2018-04-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-04-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-04-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-04-30	Patent ceasedCeasedPL	PL	CH
2018-04-20	No opposition filed against granted patent, or epo opposition proceedings concluded without decisionGrantedR097	R097	DE
2018-02-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-02-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-02-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-02-27	Fee paymentPLFP	PLFP	FR
2018-01-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-01-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-01-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-01-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2017-12-15	Deletion acc. to par. 5 (withdrawal of the translation of the ep patent)MK05	MK05	AT
2017-11-22	Patent invalid in the netherlands as no translation has been filedMP	MP	NL
2017-08-31	Dpma publication of mentioned ep patent grantGrantedR096	R096	DE
2017-08-15	Reference to at number (ep patent validated in austria)REF	REF	AT
2017-08-09	European patents granted designating irelandGrantedFG4D	FG4D	IE
2017-07-31	European patent takes effect as a national patent in ch/liEP	EP	CH
2017-07-19	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
2017-07-19	European patent grantedGrantedFG4D	FG4D	GB
2017-06-28	Intention to grant announcedINTG	INTG	EP
2017-06-16	(expected) grantORIGINAL CODE: 0009210GRAA	GRAA	EP
2017-06-16	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: THE PATENT HAS BEEN GRANTEDSTAA	STAA	EP
2017-06-07	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grantRIC1	RIC1	EP
2017-06-07	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grantRIC1	RIC1	EP
2017-05-31	Intention to grant announced (deleted)INTC	INTC	EP
2017-05-29	Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patentORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1GRAP	GRAP	EP
2017-05-19	Grant fee paidORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3GRAS	GRAS	EP
2017-05-19	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: GRANT OF PATENT IS INTENDEDSTAA	STAA	EP
2017-04-28	Information related to disapproval of communication of intention to grant by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the epo deletedORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSDIGR1GRAJ	GRAJ	EP
2017-04-28	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: EXAMINATION IS IN PROGRESSSTAA	STAA	EP
2017-02-22	Intention to grant announcedINTG	INTG	EP
2017-01-25	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grantRIC1	RIC1	EP
2017-01-22	Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patentORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1GRAP	GRAP	EP
2017-01-22	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: GRANT OF PATENT IS INTENDEDSTAA	STAA	EP
2017-01-11	Party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred)RAP1	RAP1	EP
2011-03-09	First examination report despatched17Q	17Q	EP
2010-09-08	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatchedA4	A4	EP
2006-01-04	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)DAX	DAX	EP
2005-06-29	Request for examination filed17P	17P	EP
2005-06-29	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
2005-06-29	Request for extension of the european patentAX	AX	EP
2005-05-13	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI	EP