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EP1099965 - Optical fiber delay lines for digital signal processing [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been withdrawn Status updated on 09.09.2005 Database last updated on 26.03.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	12.06.2009	Change - representative	published on 15.07.2009 [2009/29]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 600 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2001/20]	For all designated states LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 600 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-0636 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Holland, William Robert 369 Bradford Ave Warrington, Pennsylvania 18976 / US
	[2001/20]
Representative(s)	Schoppe, Fritz, et al Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler & Zinkler Patentanwälte Postfach 246 82043 Pullach bei München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2009/29]	Schoppe, Fritz, et al Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler & Zinkler Patentanwälte Postfach 246 82043 Pullach bei München / DE
Former [2002/12]	Schoppe, Fritz, Dipl.-Ing., et al Patentanwälte Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler & Zinkler, Postfach 71 08 67 81458 München / DE
Former [2001/20]	Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, Dr., et al Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green Essex, IG8 0TU / GB
Application number, filing date	00309580.9	30.10.2000
	[2001/20]
Priority number, date	US19990439886	12.11.1999 Original published format: US 439886
	[2001/20]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1099965
	Date:	16.05.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/20]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP1099965
	Date:	12.05.2004
	[2004/20]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	26.03.2004
Classification	IPC:	G02B6/28, G02B6/34	[2001/20]
	CPC:	G02B6/2861 (EP,US); G02B6/3608 (EP,US); G02B6/444 (US)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR [2005/05]
Former [2001/20]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
Title	German:	Optische Verzögerungsstrecken aus Glasfaserkabel zur digitalen Signalverarbeitung	[2001/20]
	English:	Optical fiber delay lines for digital signal processing	[2001/20]
	French:	Lignes à retard à fibres optiques pour le traitement de signaux digitaux	[2001/20]
Examination procedure	05.07.2004	Examination requested [2004/36]
	05.11.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	02.03.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.09.2005	Application withdrawn by applicant [2005/43]
	11.11.2005	Date of oral proceedings
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	21.10.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.10.2003	Renewal fee patent year 04
	03.12.2004	Renewal fee patent year 05
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.10.2004	05 M06 Fee paid on 03.12.2004
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Documents cited:	Search	[X] US4750802 (BHAGAVATULA VENKATA A et al.) [X] 1-11,14-16,20-23 * column 2, line 21 - column 3, line 56 * * column 4, line 36 - column 5, line 20; figures -F- *
		[X] US5214729 (KOAI KWANG-TSAI et al.) [X] 1,2,10,14,23 * column 2, line 17 - line 51 * * column 2, line 64 - column 3, line 35; figures -F- *
		[X] US3925727 (DUGUAY MICHEL ALBERT et al.) [X] 1-6,10,23 * column 2, line 19 - line 30 * * column 3, line 53 - column 4, line 24 * * column 4, line 51 - line 58; figure 1 *
		[A] US5926589 (GAETA CELESTINO J et al.) [A] 3,4,6 * column 6, line 35 - line 48 * * column 7, line 4 - line 29 * * column 7, line 51 - line 58; figures 5,6 *
		[A] US4671605 (SOREF RICHARD A et al.) [A] 7-9 * column 5, line 29 - line 35 * * column 6, line 21 - line 59; figure 1 *
		[A] DE3928973 (MESSERSCHMITT BOELKOW BLOHM et al.) [A] 11,15,16 * column 1, line 11 - line 25 * * column 1, line 50 - column 2, line 1; figures 1,2 *
		[A] JPS58207006
		[DA] US5703708 (DAS CHANDAN et al.) [DA] 17,18 * column 1, line 54 - line 65 * * column 2, line 38 - line 64 *
		[A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 008, no. 058 (P - 261) 16 March 1984 (1984-03-16) [A] 15 * abstract *

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