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Publication No. EP3810080

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App No. EP19731915

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Filed by Beiersdorf AG

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Filed on 2019-06-13

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Issued/Published on 2024-11-20

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Publication No. EP3810080 A1

Application No. EP19731915 Filed: 2019-06-13

Grant Date 2024-11-20 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

Patent abstract is being processed or was not provided in English by the publishing office.

IPC Classifications

A61K8/44, A61K8/60, A61K8/02, A61Q19/10

Priority Claims

DE 201810210175 Date: 2018-06-22

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Parties & Representation

Applicants

Beiersdorf AG

Beiersdorfstraße 1 - 9, 22529 Hamburg

Inventors (2)

MEIRING, Uta

Im Dahlen 12 a, 21077 Hamburg

NILSSON, Jan

Hellbrookkamp 43, 22177 Hamburg

Representatives / Agents

Beiersdorf AG

Patentabteilung, Beiersdorfstraße 1 - 9

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2021-01-22

Mention Of Grant Published 2024-11-20

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2022-01-21

Patent Oppositions

Official opposition proceedings filed against European Patent EP3810080 under EPC Article 99.

1 ACTIVE OPPONENT

Opponent Company

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

Henkelstrasse 67, DE

Representative

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Filing Date

2025-08-19

Opposition in Progress

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Patent & Non-Patent Citations

Cited documents and prior art referenced in search and examination reports.

17 Citations

Cited Patent Documents

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Non-Patent Scientific Literature (NPL)

- ANONYMOUS: "Product Safety Assessment NEOLONE™ PE Preservative", PRODUCT SAFETY ASSESSMENT, DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, 6 December 2011 (2011-12-06), pages 1 - 7, XP093097728

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- DATABASE GNPD [online] MINTEL; 13 November 2014 (2014-11-13), ANONYMOUS: "Cleansing Cream for the Face", XP055878233, retrieved from https://www.gnpd.com/sinatra/recordpage/2772023/ Database accession no. 2772023 * abstract *

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- DATABASE GNPD [online] MINTEL; 9 January 2017 (2017-01-09), ANONYMOUS: "Foaming Cleanser", XP055878413, retrieved from https://www.gnpd.com/sinatra/recordpage/4535939/ Database accession no. 4535939 * abstract *

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- ANONYMOUS: "Polysorbat 20", WIKIPEDIA, 2 March 2022 (2022-03-02), pages 1 - 3, XP093097722, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysorbat_20> [retrieved on 20231103]

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- ANONYMOUS: "BESCHLUSS DER KOMMISSION vom 9. Dezember 2014 zur Festlegung der Umweltkriterien für die Vergabe des EU-Umweltzeichens für "Rinse-off"-Kosmetikprodukte", AMTSBLATT DER EUROPÄISCHEN UNION, 11 December 2014 (2014-12-11), pages L 354/47 - L 354/61, XP093097726, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014D0893> [retrieved on 20231103]

- ANONYMOUS: "Product Safety Assessment NEOLONE(TM) PE Preservative", 6 December 2011 (2011-12-06), pages 1 - 7, XP093097728, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.soapmakingstudio.com/soapmaking-supplies/sds/preservatives/neolone-pe.pdf>

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WO	WO2019243151A1	A1	2019-12-26	Espacenet

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Complete European Patent Register Dossier (148 Total Documents)

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