EP2208716 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing optical fiber preform using high frequency induction thermal plasma torch [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 06.09.2019 Database last updated on 04.11.2024 | |
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Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 24.05.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CY, MK | published on 05.08.2020 [2020/32] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 6-1, Ohtemachi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0004 / JP | [2010/29] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Otosaka, Tetsuya c/o Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 13-1, Isobe 2-chome, Annaka-shi Gunma-ken / JP | 02 /
Shimizu, Yoshiaki c/o Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 13-1, Isobe 2-chome, Annaka-shi Gunma-ken / JP | [2018/44] |
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Otosaka, Tetsuya c/o Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 13-1, Isobe 2-chome, Annaka-shi Gunma-ken / JP | ||
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Shimizu, Yoshiaki c/o Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 13-1, Isobe 2-chome, Annaka-shi Gunma-ken / JP | Representative(s) | Michalski Hüttermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Kaistraße 16A 40221 Düsseldorf / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2018/44] | Michalski Hüttermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Speditionstraße 21 40221 Düsseldorf / DE | ||
Former [2013/10] | Michalski Hüttermann & Partner Patentanwälte Hafenspitze Speditionstrasse 21 40221 Düsseldorf / DE | ||
Former [2010/29] | Michalski, Stefan Michalski Hüttermann & Partner Patentanwälte Neuer Zollhof 2 40221 Düsseldorf / DE | Application number, filing date | 09180636.4 | 23.12.2009 | [2010/29] | Priority number, date | JP20080333749 | 26.12.2008 Original published format: JP 2008333749 | [2010/29] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2208716 | Date: | 21.07.2010 | Language: | EN | [2010/29] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2208716 | Date: | 31.10.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/44] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 17.03.2010 | Classification | IPC: | C03B37/014 | [2010/29] | CPC: |
C03B37/01426 (EP,US);
C03B2201/12 (EP,US);
C03B2207/30 (EP,US);
C03B2207/46 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | 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, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2018/44] |
Former [2010/29] | 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, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR | Title | German: | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung einer Glasfaservorform mit einem thermischen Hochfrequenzinduktionsplasmabrenner | [2010/29] | English: | Method and apparatus for manufacturing optical fiber preform using high frequency induction thermal plasma torch | [2010/29] | French: | Procédé et appareil pour la fabrication de préforme de fibre optique utilisant une torche à plasma thermique à induction haute fréquence | [2010/29] | Examination procedure | 17.01.2011 | Examination requested [2011/09] | 04.03.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 01.09.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.08.2015 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 17.11.2015 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 16.04.2018 | Date of oral proceedings | 17.05.2018 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 25.05.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 18.09.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 18.09.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 18.09.2018 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 04.03.2011 | Opposition(s) | 01.08.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/41] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 12.12.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 11.12.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.12.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 11.12.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 10.12.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 13.12.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 12.12.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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