The patent EP2657585 was granted to Blue Gentian on Jun 1, 2022. The application was originally filed on Jul 24, 2012 under application number EP13173290A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

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| OPPOSITION | CN2399107Y |
| OPPOSITION | EP0039744 |
| OPPOSITION | EP0069744 |
| OPPOSITION | EP2520840 |
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| Citation Phase | Reference Text |
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| OPPOSITION | - 223 Skylark Point Jupiter Florida |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Emson X Hose", Internet Archive, Wayback Machine, (20120428), URL: http://web.archive.org/web/20170921081439im_/https://a.govid1.com/Emson/xhose/EMXHOSE/video1199.mp4 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Inventors Digest /Passage/", Inventors Digest, vol. 31, no. 1, (20150101), XP055508852 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Which size XHOSE would you like?", Internet Archive, Wayback Machine, (20120210), URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20120210043022/http://xhose.com |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "X Hoseâ„¢ -World`s First and only expanding hose", Internet Archive, Wayback Machine, (20120428), URL: http://web.archive.org/web/20120428052104/http://www.xhose.ca:80, XP055508863 |
| OPPOSITION | - Blue Gentian-Tristar-New Jersey-Compplaint.pdf |
| OPPOSITION | - Brian Jones, "XHOSE Review", YouTube, (20120726), URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lCkmO88Da0, XP054978708 |
| OPPOSITION | - Copy of Expert Report filed in UK proceedings in respect of EP(UK)26757585 by Fabrice Doosterlinck |
| OPPOSITION | - Copy of witness statement filed in UK proceedings in respect of EP(UK)2657585 by Maeve Lynch and exhibits ML1-6 |
| OPPOSITION | - Copy of Witness Statement filed in UK proceedings in respect of EP(UK)2657585 by Michael Berardi and Exhibits MB2-3 |
| OPPOSITION | - dictioinary.cambridge.org_flexible.pdf |
| OPPOSITION | - Exhibits FDGD1-13 of expert report E1 |
| OPPOSITION | - Google Maps - 223 Skylark Point -Florida, Map View.pdf |
| OPPOSITION | - Google Maps - 223 Skylark Point.pdf |
| OPPOSITION | - http:\\web.archive_20120428052104_http_www.xhose.ca_8.pdf |
| OPPOSITION | - http:\\xhoseinventor.com\ |
| OPPOSITION | - Inventors Digest January 2015 |
| OPPOSITION | - Jupiter Egret Landing Real Estate |
| OPPOSITION | - Machine translation of CN 2399107 Y |
| OPPOSITION | - Michael Berardi-Reg Miller Interview |
| OPPOSITION | - Third Party Observation 07072014.pdf |
| OPPOSITION | - Transcript of the trial leading to the UK High Court Judgement E4 |
| OPPOSITION | - UK High Court Judgement - E. Mishan v Hozelock from UK proceedings in respect of EP(UK)2657585 |
| OPPOSITION | - Videos of the development and testing of the garden hose by Mr. Berardi |
| OPPOSITION | - Waybackmachine-xhose.com_20140109.pdf |
| OPPOSITION | - www.waterfront-properties.com_jupiteregretlanding.php.pdf |
| OPPOSITION | - www.xhose.ca_animation |
| OPPOSITION | - www.xhose.ca_video1199 |
| OPPOSITION | - X-Hose Commercial |
| OPPOSITION | - Xhose_Mobile_WaybackMachine-xhose-20120109 |
| OPPOSITION | - Xhose Review |
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