EP3921245B1 - Plug closure - Google Patents

Plug closure Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP3921245B1
EP3921245B1 EP20700030.8A EP20700030A EP3921245B1 EP 3921245 B1 EP3921245 B1 EP 3921245B1 EP 20700030 A EP20700030 A EP 20700030A EP 3921245 B1 EP3921245 B1 EP 3921245B1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
cap
closure
plug
opening
wall
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Active
Application number
EP20700030.8A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP3921245A1 (en
Inventor
Gregory Lalier
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Unilever Global IP Ltd
Unilever IP Holdings BV
Original Assignee
Unilever Global IP Ltd
Unilever IP Holdings BV
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Unilever Global IP Ltd, Unilever IP Holdings BV filed Critical Unilever Global IP Ltd
Publication of EP3921245A1 publication Critical patent/EP3921245A1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP3921245B1 publication Critical patent/EP3921245B1/en
Active legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Images

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/08—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/08—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures
    • B65D47/0804—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
    • B65D47/0833—Hinges without elastic bias
    • B65D47/0838—Hinges without elastic bias located at an edge of the base element
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2547/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D2547/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D2547/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts ot tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D2547/063—Details of spouts

Definitions

  • Leakage of product during shipping of consumer goods can be a costly problem.
  • the problem is particularly acute in the realm of e-commerce where individual bottles may be shipped directly to consumers. It is somewhat easier to ensure intact shipment of large numbers of bottles together from a manufacturer to a distributor and/or retailer than it is to secure the product from leakage during shipment of individual bottles to consumers. Likewise, transport of a container by a consumer after it has been opened can be an issue and result in product leakage.
  • One type of closure for consumer goods such as shampoos, body washes, skin creams, etc. is the flip top closure which typically comprises two pieces, a base piece which is attached directly to the container, and a cap which is hingedly attached to the base and which rotates between an open and a closed position. While it is important that the consumer can remove the cap from the base without use of Herculean strength, it is also important that the cap not open due to forces generally encountered in shipping.
  • a closure having a hinged lid connected to a base.
  • the closure includes a latching mechanism which includes a pin having a bead which is said to engage in the manner of a barb behind an edge in the dispensing opening.
  • Suffa US 2006/231518 is directed to a closure cap having a lower part and an upper part connected by a hinge.
  • a stopper is located on an underside of the closure cap.
  • the stopper may include an annular collar which interacts with a corresponding annular groove in a connection piece. Or it may include longitudinal ribs which in the closed position of the closure cap come in contact with a top side of a holding part and act as retention means.
  • a sealing cylinder includes a sealing bead 43.
  • the invention is directed to a closure, especially useful for e-commerce and to the closure combined with a bottle or other container.
  • the base of the closing can be integral with the container.
  • the closure comprises a cap base which can be releasably fastened to a container, the cap base including an opening.
  • a cap is movably attached to the cap base and is suitable, when it is in a closed position, for preventing egress of a liquid from the container through the cap base opening.
  • Portions of the cap base constitute a barrier which together with the cap are suitable for preventing egress of the liquid from the container.
  • the cap has a depending plug extending therefrom which is received within an opening in the cap base when the cap is in the closed position.
  • the opening is formed within a cylindrical opening wall.
  • extending outwardly from the depending plug at its end distal from the cap are one or more barb flaps.
  • the barbs are pushed up against the wall of the plug and are received within a recess in the cylindrical opening wall.
  • the bar flaps abut an upper wall of the recess such that extra force is required to open the cap, e.g., during shipping.
  • cap When the cap is closed it is further secured by a locking flap on the cap which snaps into and is received within a recess on the cap base.
  • the cap is preferably attached to the cap base using a living hinge.
  • the barb flaps are preferably attached to the plug cylinder wall using living hinges.
  • Closure 10 comprises cap base 12 and cap 16.
  • Cap base 12 includes top surface 14 and cylindrical skirt 13 depending from the top surface.
  • Skirt 13 includes semicircular recess 40, which is shaped to receive a locking flange on the cap, as will be explained hereinafter.
  • Below recess 40 and is finger access recess 42 which permits the consumer readily to unlock cap 16.
  • Cap 16 is movable and pivotably attached to cap base 12 by living hinges 18. Placing cap 16 in the open position reveals opening 24 in top wall 60 of cap base 12. It will be apparent that top wall 60 will constitute a barrier to egress of liquid from a package to which closure 12 has been fastened.
  • Cap 16 includes platform 22. Platform 22 includes depending cylindrical plug 26. Cap cylindrical sidewall 28 depends from platform 22.
  • Plug 26 includes cylindrical wall 80 depending from the underside of lid 16. At the end of wall 80 opposite that at which it is attached to cap 16 are two barb flaps 82. Although the invention is illustrated herein as having two barb, flaps those of ordinary skill could readily determine whether other numbers would be preferred in a particular application, e.g., one, three, four, etc.
  • Barb flaps 82 are connected to cylindrical wall 80 by thin plastic hinges 84 which permit the flaps to move relative to cylinder wall 80.
  • barb flaps 82 are disposed at an angle to the cylindrical wall, e.g., of about 45-90 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the plug for the right hand flap seen in Fig. 3 ., especially from 65 to 80 degrees.
  • Cylindrical wall 80 includes longitudinal slits 86 which permit the diameter of the wall to decrease as needed to fit snugly within opening 24 and wall 88. Cylindrical plug 26 is surrounded by sealing ring 100.
  • cap sidewall 28 includes a recessed locking flange 38.
  • locking flange 38 snaps into and is received within recess 40 to help lock the lid 16 closed.
  • Opening 24 in base 14 is defined by cylindrical wall 88.
  • Cylindrical wall 88 includes at its end distal to the opening a recess 90.
  • the cap is seen in the open position in e.g., Fig. 2 and the cylindrical plug 26 is shown in Fig. 3 in the cap's open configuration.
  • the consumer wishes to close the package, he rotates the cap closed on hinges 18.
  • barb flaps 82 contact cylindrical wall 88 and are bent toward wall 80.
  • barb flaps 82 are accommodated within recess 90, preferably at an angle of 100-180 degrees, as seen in Fig. 5 , especially from 110-175 degrees, most preferably from 120-170 degrees again with respect to the longitudinal axis of the plug.
  • the consumer will receive package 11 including closure 10 and bottle 74.
  • the consumer To open the package, the consumer inserts his or her finger into recess 42 and lifts upwardly to pull flange 38 up out of recess 40 and open lid 16.
  • the consumer exerts the extra force needed to overcome the resistance caused by the abutment of flap 82 against upper wall 94, thereby causing flaps 82 to turn downwardly away from cap platform 22 permitting cylindrical wall 80 to be moved upwardly through opening 24 as cap 16 is opened.
  • flaps 82 will, due to the resiliency of the hinge line 84, return to the angle shown in Fig. 3 .
  • the closure 10 of the invention will be fastened to bottle 74 or other container, as is evident from Fig. 1 .
  • Fasteners (not shown) will typically be present on the underside of the closure and may include screws or snap fit mechanisms such as debossments, embossments, etc. Mating screws or other fastening structures can be present on the bottle neck.
  • cap 16 and locking flange 38 are in their closed, locked positions, such as may be seen in Fig. 1 .
  • locking flange 38 is received within recess 40 and cylindrical plug 26 is tightly and lockingly releasably received within opening 24.
  • the diameter of plug 26 may be slightly greater than that of opening 24 to provide a snap fit. Plug 26 together with cap base 12 prevent egress of liquid from bottle 74 or other container.
  • Transport via e-commerce often entails shipping products in individual packages which may be less secure than the product pallets often used by manufacturers in transporting large numbers of products.
  • the present closure affords an extra measure of protection against inadvertent opening of the cap in response to the additional stresses to which packages are subjected during e-commerce transport.
  • the adaptor and living hinge will typically be made of polypropylene or polyethylene. Post-consumer polypropylene may be included as well.
  • the adaptor and/or living hinge may also be made from the hinge material described in Domoy et al. US Patent No. 9,637,626 , namely a molded article having a hinge, the molded article being a polymer, the polymer comprising a mixture of a first high-density polyethylene (HDPE) resin and a second HDPE resin, that is different than the first HDPE,
  • HDPE high-density polyethylene

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
EP20700030.8A 2019-02-05 2020-01-07 Plug closure Active EP3921245B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP19155612 2019-02-05
PCT/EP2020/050230 WO2020160858A1 (en) 2019-02-05 2020-01-07 Plug closure

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP3921245A1 EP3921245A1 (en) 2021-12-15
EP3921245B1 true EP3921245B1 (en) 2022-09-21

Family

ID=65324288

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP20700030.8A Active EP3921245B1 (en) 2019-02-05 2020-01-07 Plug closure

Country Status (9)

Country Link
US (1) US20220097929A1 (pt)
EP (1) EP3921245B1 (pt)
JP (1) JP2022519279A (pt)
CN (1) CN113329946A (pt)
BR (1) BR112021013012A2 (pt)
CA (1) CA3128058A1 (pt)
MX (1) MX2021009312A (pt)
WO (1) WO2020160858A1 (pt)
ZA (1) ZA202104710B (pt)

Families Citing this family (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20220151753A1 (en) * 2020-11-16 2022-05-19 Colgate-Palmolive Company Personal Care Device
USD1011922S1 (en) 2020-12-07 2024-01-23 Conopco, Inc. Container with pump
USD1001642S1 (en) * 2020-12-07 2023-10-17 Conopco, Inc. Container
USD986743S1 (en) 2020-12-07 2023-05-23 Conopeo, Inc. Container
USD1000280S1 (en) * 2020-12-07 2023-10-03 Conopco, Inc. Container
USD1012724S1 (en) 2020-12-18 2024-01-30 Conopco, Inc. Bottle with pump
USD1012717S1 (en) 2020-12-18 2024-01-30 Conopco, Inc. Bottle
USD1026655S1 (en) 2020-12-18 2024-05-14 Conopco, Inc. Bottle shoulder

Family Cites Families (19)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3741447A (en) * 1971-11-18 1973-06-26 Colgate Palmolive Co Container cap
DE2529340C3 (de) * 1975-07-01 1980-08-28 Albert Obrist Ag, Reinach, Basel (Schweiz) Behälter mit einer Schraubkappe und Verfahren zum Aufsetzen der Schraubkappe
JPS56109944U (pt) * 1980-01-25 1981-08-25
US4487324A (en) * 1984-02-08 1984-12-11 Seaquist Closures Tamper-evident dispensing closure
US5395015A (en) * 1988-07-01 1995-03-07 Bolen, Jr.; Robert J. Dispensing closure with a modified lid for increased opening angle
US5251793A (en) * 1988-07-01 1993-10-12 Bolen Robert J Dispensing closure
US5261650A (en) * 1991-10-10 1993-11-16 Gencorp Inc. Snap in automotive mount
JPH10194311A (ja) * 1997-01-07 1998-07-28 Lion Corp ヒンジキャップ
US5971232A (en) * 1998-06-03 1999-10-26 Aptargroup, Inc. Dispensing structure which has a pressure-openable valve retained with folding elements
FR2780953B1 (fr) * 1998-07-09 2000-09-29 Itw De France Obturateur pour une ouverture realisee dans une tole
CN1277725C (zh) * 2001-03-07 2006-10-04 远程接合技术公司 填塞件
JP2003231538A (ja) * 2002-02-07 2003-08-19 Toppan Printing Co Ltd 封緘リング付プラスチックキャップ
EP1494933A1 (de) 2002-04-14 2005-01-12 Createchnic AG Schnappscharnierverschluss für einen nachfüllbaren behälter
JP2004075133A (ja) * 2002-08-20 2004-03-11 Nippon Tansan Gas Co Ltd 容器の封止機構及びその機構に使用するキャップ
CA2518870A1 (en) 2003-03-13 2004-09-23 Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner Gmbh & Co. Kg Closing cap for a container
JP2007529367A (ja) 2004-03-16 2007-10-25 ヘンケル・コマンデイトゲゼルシャフト・アウフ・アクティーン フィルムヒンジを有する閉鎖装置
US20080110938A1 (en) * 2006-11-13 2008-05-15 Fun-Damental Too, Ltd. Forcibly sealed duckbill valve
IN2014MN02434A (pt) 2012-06-11 2015-10-09 Conopco Inc Dba Unilever
JP6030196B1 (ja) * 2015-08-07 2016-11-24 株式会社パックプラス 口栓

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP3921245A1 (en) 2021-12-15
MX2021009312A (es) 2021-09-08
JP2022519279A (ja) 2022-03-22
CA3128058A1 (en) 2020-08-13
US20220097929A1 (en) 2022-03-31
ZA202104710B (en) 2023-01-25
WO2020160858A1 (en) 2020-08-13
BR112021013012A2 (pt) 2021-09-14
CN113329946A (zh) 2021-08-31

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP3921245B1 (en) Plug closure
US11987425B2 (en) Flip top closure and container
US4941592A (en) Hinged dispensing closure with a tamper-evident seal
CA2121086C (en) Closure with tamper evidence structure
US6896160B2 (en) Lockable disc top dispensing closure
US6971547B2 (en) Dispensing package with lockable closure
EP3743350B1 (en) Closure
EP0701523B1 (en) Clog-resistant toggle disk closure
RU2795715C2 (ru) Укупорочное средство в виде пробки
EA044104B1 (ru) Укупорочное средство с откидной верхней частью и ёмкость
EP4389636A2 (en) Closure
US20240327079A1 (en) Dispensing closure
WO2002016218A1 (en) A child proof unitary container and cap assembly
BR112020010111B1 (pt) Atuador de fechamento de disco pivotável
WO2022147609A1 (en) Closure
CA2257411C (en) One-piece dispensing system and method for making same
EA038677B1 (ru) Укупорочное средство
AU682233B2 (en) Closure with insertable tamper indicator

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: UNKNOWN

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION HAS BEEN MADE

PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION WAS MADE

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20210707

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): 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

DAV Request for validation of the european patent (deleted)
DAX Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
GRAP Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: GRANT OF PATENT IS INTENDED

INTG Intention to grant announced

Effective date: 20220518

GRAS Grant fee paid

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE PATENT HAS BEEN GRANTED

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): 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

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GB

Ref legal event code: FG4D

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: EP

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FG4D

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R096

Ref document number: 602020005237

Country of ref document: DE

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: AT

Ref legal event code: REF

Ref document number: 1519869

Country of ref document: AT

Kind code of ref document: T

Effective date: 20221015

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: LT

Ref legal event code: MG9D

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: NL

Ref legal event code: MP

Effective date: 20220921

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

Ref country code: RS

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

Ref country code: NO

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20221221

Ref country code: LV

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

Ref country code: LT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

Ref country code: FI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: AT

Ref legal event code: MK05

Ref document number: 1519869

Country of ref document: AT

Kind code of ref document: T

Effective date: 20220921

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: HR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

Ref country code: GR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20221222

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SM

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

Ref country code: RO

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

Ref country code: PT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20230123

Ref country code: ES

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

Ref country code: CZ

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

Ref country code: AT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

Ref country code: PL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

Ref country code: IS

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20230121

Ref country code: EE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

P01 Opt-out of the competence of the unified patent court (upc) registered

Effective date: 20230502

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R097

Ref document number: 602020005237

Country of ref document: DE

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: NL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

Ref country code: AL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

26N No opposition filed

Effective date: 20230622

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: PL

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20230107

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: BE

Ref legal event code: MM

Effective date: 20230131

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20230131

Ref country code: CH

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20230131

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: BE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20230131

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20230107

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20240119

Year of fee payment: 5

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 20240123

Year of fee payment: 5

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Payment date: 20240122

Year of fee payment: 5

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: MC

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: MC

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20220921