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Consumer Product - EP4294637

The patent EP4294637 was granted to Unilever on Sep 25, 2024. The application was originally filed on Feb 16, 2022 under application number EP22707073A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Granted And Under Opposition".

EP4294637

UNILEVER
Application Number
EP22707073A
Filing Date
Feb 16, 2022
Status
Granted And Under Opposition
Aug 22, 2024
Grant Date
Sep 25, 2024
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Patent Citations (12) New

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Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Citations (17) New

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DESCRIPTION- Journal of Essential Oil Research-
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OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "DESIGNING FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY - Recyclability of polyolefin-based flexible packaging (Technical Report)", CEFLEX, (20200601), CEFLEX, URL: https://swissrecycle.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/pdfs/Firmen/Drehscheibe_KLW/CEFLEX-D4ACE-Phase-1-Guidelines-Technical-report-SPREAD-VIEW-low-res-June-2020.pdf, XP093292254-
OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "Full PE pouches recycled to create new pouches", ExxonMobil, (20190101), pages 1 - 3, XP093269966-
OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "perfume", Cambridge dictionary, (20250101), Cambridge dictionary, URL: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/perfume, XP093292263-
OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "perfume", Merriam Webster dictionary, (20250101), Merriam Webster dictionary, URL: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfume#:~:text=%3A%20the%20scent%20of%20something%20sweet,a%20fixative%20used%20for%20scenting, XP093292260-
OPPOSITION- Arza Seidel (ed.), "Perfumes", Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Vol 8, online , John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , (20060101), pages 362 - 364, ISBN 978-0-471-48505-6, XP009562463-
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OPPOSITION- D17 - A report of experiments carried out by the Opponent-
OPPOSITION- L. Massey, "Permeability Properties of Plastics and Elastomers -A Guide to Packaging and Barrier Materials", (20030101), XP055683285-
OPPOSITION- Manolis Sherman Lilli, "Recyclable All-PE Pouches: Sustainable Opportunity for Film Extruders", Plastics Technology Magazine, (20191101), XP093292232-
OPPOSITION- "Packaging: Polymers in Flexible Packaging", S.E. Selke, R.J. Hernandez, Encyclopaedia of Materials: Science and Technology , Elsevier, (2001), pages 6652 - 6656, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.02168-8, ISBN 978-0-08-043152-9, XP055742846
OPPOSITION- Michael Niaounakis, "4 Types, Forms, and Uses of Flexible Plastic Packaging", Recycling of Flexible Plastic Packaging, Elsevier, (20191204), pages 97 - 133, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-816335-1.00004-9, ISBN 978-0-12-816335-1, XP009562461
OPPOSITION- Michael Niaounakis, "11 Economic Evaluation and Trends", Recycling of Flexible Plastic Packaging, Elsevier, (20191204), pages 395 - 436, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-816335-1.00011-6, ISBN 978-0-12-816335-1, XP009562462
OPPOSITION- Ken Klein and Irwin Palefsky, "C.2 - Shampoo Formulation", Ken Klein and Irwin Palefsky, I. Johansson and P. Somasundamn, Handbook for Cleaning/Decontamination of Surfaces, Elsevier B.V., (20070620), pages 277 - 304, doi:10.1016/B978-044451664-0/50008-5, ISBN 978-0-444-51665-7, XP009562455
OPPOSITION- Tirtha Chatterjee, Rajen Patel, John Garnett, Rajesh Paradkar, Shouren Ge, Lizhi Liu, Kenneth T. Forziati, Nik Shah, "Machine direction orientation of high density polyethylene (HDPE): Barrier and optical properties", Polymer, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, AMSTERDAM, NL, (20140801), vol. 55, no. 16, doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2014.06.029, ISSN 0032-3861, pages 4102 - 4115, XP055571511

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