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EP1421426
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP1421426
| EP1421426 - Flat fiber optic connector [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [2004/22] | WAFERIZED FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR | ||
| [2006/51] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.04.2008 Database last updated on 14.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 18.04.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 21.05.2008 [2008/21] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Amphenol Corporation 358 Hall Avenue Wallingford, CT 06492 / US | [2007/24] |
| Former [2004/22] | For all designated states TERADYNE, INC. 321 Harrison Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02118 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KIANI, Sepehr 15 Palmer Street Watertown, MA 02472 / US | 02 /
ROTH, Richard, F. 4 Lorden Lance Brookline, NH 03033 / US | [2004/22] | Representative(s) | Collins, John David Marks & Clerk LLP 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2005/01] | Collins, John David Marks & Clerk, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS / GB | ||
| Former [2004/22] | Luckhurst, Anthony Henry William MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS / GB | Application number, filing date | 02768756.5 | 29.08.2002 | [2004/22] | WO2002US27667 | Priority number, date | US20010316594P | 31.08.2001 Original published format: US 316594 P | US20020196075 | 16.07.2002 Original published format: US 196075 | [2004/22] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO03021322 | Date: | 13.03.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/11] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1421426 | Date: | 26.05.2004 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.03.2003 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2004/22] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1421426 | Date: | 13.06.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/24] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 08.01.2004 | Classification | IPC: | G02B6/38 | [2004/22] | CPC: |
G02B6/3885 (EP,US);
G02B6/38 (KR);
G02B6/3821 (EP,US);
G02B6/3849 (EP,US);
G02B6/3879 (EP,US);
G02B6/3882 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2007/24] |
| Former [2004/22] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, SK, TR | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | LT | Not yet paid | LV | Not yet paid | MK | Not yet paid | RO | Not yet paid | SI | Not yet paid | Title | German: | FLACHER FASEROPTISCHER STECKER | [2004/22] | English: | Flat fiber optic connector | [2006/51] | French: | CONNECTEUR DE FIBRES OPTIQUES A PLAQUETTE | [2004/22] |
| Former [2004/22] | WAFERIZED FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR | Entry into regional phase | 12.02.2004 | National basic fee paid | 12.02.2004 | Designation fee(s) paid | 12.02.2004 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 28.03.2003 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 13.02.2004 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 13.02.2004 | Examination requested [2004/22] | 08.10.2004 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 20.01.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 27.09.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 28.03.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 29.12.2006 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 26.04.2007 | Fee for grant paid | 26.04.2007 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP05075158.5 / EP1530068 | Opposition(s) | 14.03.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit [2008/21] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.08.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 19.08.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.08.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Cited in | International search | [XA]GB2124793 (THORN EMI ELECTRICAL COMPONENT) [X] 20,22 * page 1, line 5 - line 58 * * page 1, line 96 - line 111 * * page 2, line 82 - line 104; figures 1-4 * [A] 1,7,12,19; | [XA]JPS59140411 (SEIKO INSTR & ELECTRONICS) [X] 23 * abstract * * column 3, line 17 - column 4, line 30; figure 2C * [A] 1,7,12,19; | [XA]US5080461 (PIMPINELLA RICHARD J [US]) [X] 20,22 * column 1, line 62 - column 2, line 5 * * column 3, line 53 - column 4, line 7; figures 1,2 * [A] 1,7,12,19; | [X]EP0613030 (SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS [JP]) [X] 20,22 * column 9, line 21 - line 43 ** column 11, line 39 - column 12, line 5; figures 9,10,18,19 *; | [XA]US5642450 (ODA GAN [JP]) [X] 23 * abstract * * column 5, line 5 - line 66 * * column 2, line 29 - column 3, line 16 * [A] 1,4,7,8,12-14,19; | [XA]US6276839 (DE MARCHI SILVERIO [CH]) [X] 20,22,23 * column 1, line 4 - column 6, line 64; figures 13-21 * [A] 1,7,12,19; | [PX]EP1180701 (FRAMATOME CONNECTORS INT [FR]) [PX] 23 * paragraph [0008] * * paragraph [0018] - paragraph [0019] * * paragraph [0021]; claims 1,6,28,29,32 * | Examination | - KOH H.J. ET AL, "ON-WAFER PROCESS FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF HYBRIDLY INTEGRATED OPTICALCOMPONENTS USING PASSIVE ALIGNMENT ON SILICON MOTHERBOARD", 1999 PROCEEDINGS 49TH. ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE. ECTC 1999. SAN DIEGO, CA, JUNE 1 - 4, 1999, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, NEW YORK, NY : IEEE, US, (19990601), pages 216 - 221, XP000903796 | - SUN MICROSYSTEMS, "Sun (TM) Enterprise (TM) 3500 Interface Board Installation Guide" |