EP1586146 - OPTICAL PULSE LASERS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been refused Status updated on 10.12.2010 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.12.2010 | Refusal of application | published on 12.01.2011 [2011/02] | 10.12.2010 | Change or deletion - application deemed withdrawn | published on 12.01.2011 [2011/02] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Alnaire Laboratoires Corporation 6-3-14, Kawaguchi, Kawaguchi City Saitama-ken Japan 332-0015 / JP | For all designated states National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tsukuba Central 2, Umezono 1-1-1 Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8568 / JP | [2005/42] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
JABLONSKI, Mark, Kenneth 18-18-208, Toku Maru Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 175-0083 / JP | 02 /
SET, Sze, Yun 1-5-5-301, Kamiya Kita-ku, Tokyo 115-0043 / MY | 03 /
TANAKA, Yuichi 3-20-18, Meehara Koganei City, Tokyo / JP | [2005/42] | Representative(s) | Granleese, Rhian Jane Marks & Clerk LLP 15 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1BW / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2007/21] | Granleese, Rhian Jane Marks & Clerk 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA / GB | ||
Former [2005/42] | Lord, Hilton David Marks & Clerk 90 Long Acre GB-London WC2E 9RA / GB | Application number, filing date | 03800128.5 | 22.12.2003 | [2005/42] | WO2003US41091 | Priority number, date | US20020435577P | 20.12.2002 Original published format: US 435577 P | [2005/42] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2004059806 | Date: | 15.07.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/29] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1586146 | Date: | 19.10.2005 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.07.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2005/42] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 23.09.2004 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 16.12.2005 | Classification | IPC: | H01S3/098 | [2005/42] | CPC: |
H01S3/1118 (EP,US);
B82Y10/00 (EP,US);
B82Y20/00 (EP,US);
G02B5/08 (EP,US);
G02F1/3523 (EP,US);
H01S3/06791 (EP,US);
H01S3/0064 (EP,US);
H01S3/0602 (EP,US);
H01S3/0632 (EP,US);
H01S3/067 (EP,US);
H01S3/06712 (EP,US);
H01S3/08059 (EP,US);
H01S3/09415 (EP,US);
H01S3/1109 (EP,US);
H01S3/1121 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2005/42] | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | LT | Not yet paid | LV | Not yet paid | MK | Not yet paid | Title | German: | OPTISCHE PULSLASER | [2005/42] | English: | OPTICAL PULSE LASERS | [2005/42] | French: | LASERS A IMPULSIONS OPTIQUES | [2005/42] | Entry into regional phase | 18.07.2005 | National basic fee paid | 18.07.2005 | Search fee paid | 18.07.2005 | Designation fee(s) paid | 18.07.2005 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 19.07.2005 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 19.07.2005 | Examination requested [2005/42] | 03.04.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 31.01.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 19.03.2007 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 15.01.2008 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 01.07.2008 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 23.12.2008 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 15.07.2010 | Application refused, date of legal effect [2011/02] | 04.08.2010 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 06.08.2010 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2011/02] | deleted | Deletion: Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2011/02] | 05.11.2007 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time [2011/02] | 15.07.2010 | Date of oral proceedings | Request for further processing for: | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report | 15.01.2008 | Request for further processing filed | 15.01.2008 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 29.01.2008 | Decision despatched | 31.01.2007 | Request for further processing filed | 31.01.2007 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 13.02.2007 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.12.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.12.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.12.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 24.12.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 28.12.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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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. | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]DE19946182 (FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN EV [DE]) [Y] 13,21 * column 1, line 36 - column 2, line 67; figure 1 * * column 3, line 7 - column 4, line 16 *; | [XY]US2002176650 (ZHAO YIPING [US], et al) [X] 16-20,22,23,25,26 * paragraphs [0031] , [0033] , [0035] , [0044] - [0047] - [0057] - [0067]; table I * [Y] 14,21; | [PX] - SET S Y ET AL OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA / INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, "Mode-locked fiber lasers based on a saturable absorber incorporating carbon nanotubes", OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE. (OFC). POSTCONFERENCE DIGEST. ATLANTA, GA, MARCH 23 - 28, 2003, TRENDS IN OPTICS AND PHOTONICS SERIES. (TOPS), WASHINGTON, DC : OSA, US, (20030323), vol. TOPS. VOL. 86, ISBN 1-55752-746-6, pages PD44 - 1, XP010680624 [PX] 1-6,8,9,11,12,14-18,20,22-24,27,28 * the whole document * | [Y] - MASATAKA NAKAZAWA ET AL, "ACTIVE Q SWITCHING AND MODE LOCKING IN A 1.53- M FIBER RING LASER WITH SATURABLE ABSORPTION IN ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AT 4.2 K", OPTICS LETTERS, OSA, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC, US, (19930915), vol. 18, no. 18, ISSN 0146-9592, pages 1526 - 1528, XP000396931 [Y] 1-15,24,27,28 * the whole document * | [Y] - CHEN Y-C ET AL, "Ultrafast optical switching properties of single-wall carbon nanotube polymer composites at 1.55 μm", APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, AIP, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, MELVILLE, NY, US, (20020805), vol. 81, no. 6, ISSN 0003-6951, pages 975 - 977, XP012033202 [Y] 1-15,24,27,28 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1498007 | [Y] - MALYAREVICH A M ET AL, "COBALT-DOPED TRANSPARENT GLASS CERAMIC AS A SATURABLE ABSORBER Q SWITCH FOR ERBIUM:GLASS LASERS", APPLIED OPTICS, OSA, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC, US, (20010820), vol. 40, no. 24, ISSN 0003-6935, pages 4322 - 4325, XP001100479 [Y] 1,3,5,6,8,10,16,22,27,28 * page 4322, column R - page 4324, column R, paragraph 1; figures 2-4 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.40.004322 | [Y] - PRASANKUMAR R P ET AL, "SELF-STARTING MODE LOCKING IN A CR:FORSTERITE LASER BY USE OF NON-EPITAXIALLY-GROWN SEMICONDUCTOR-DOPED SILICA FILMS", OPTICS LETTERS, OSA, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC, US, (20020901), vol. 27, no. 17, ISSN 0146-9592, pages 1564 - 1566, XP001161763 [Y] 1,3,5,6,8,10,16,22,27,28 * page 1564, column R - page 1566, column L * | [A] - GUINA M ET AL, "Harmonic mode-locked fiber laser with semiconductor saturable absorber and amplitude modulation", CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS. (CLEO 2002). TECHNICAL DIGEST. POSTCONFERENCE EDITION. LONG BEACH, CA, MAY 19 - 24, 2002, TRENDS IN OPTICS AND PHOTONICS. (TOPS), WASHINGTON, WA : OSA, US, (20020519), VOL. 73, ISBN 1-55752-706-7, pages 562 - 563, XP010607070 [A] 1,5,27,28 * the whole document * | International search | [Y]US5689519 (FERMANN MARTIN E [US], et al); | [Y]US2002192142 (TILLOTSON THOMAS M [US], et al) | Examination | - WILLIAMS DL ET AL., "Optical modelocking at 10 GHz using a highly nonlinear germanosilicate optical fibre", ELECTRONICS LETTERS, (19950720), vol. 31, no. 15, pages 1256 - 1257, XP006003134 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/el:19950877 |