EP2906986 - OPTICAL OBJECTIVE WITH ENLARGEMENT OF THE EXIT PUPIL BY MEANS OF A DIFFRACTIVE ELEMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.12.2019 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 18.01.2019 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 27.08.2018 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 18.08.2018 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 15.08.2018 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 11.08.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Vision Engineering Limited Send Road Send Woking, Surrey GU23 7ER / GB | [2015/34] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MERCER, Graham Peter Francis 1 Tarrant Gardens Hartley Witney Hampshire RG27 8NE / GB | [2015/34] | Representative(s) | Boden, Keith McMurray Fry Heath & Spence LLP Unit A, Faraday Court Faraday Road Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9PU / GB | [2019/08] |
Former [2015/34] | Boden, Keith McMurray Fry Heath & Spence LLP The Gables Massetts Road Horley Surrey RH6 7DQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 13721913.5 | 12.04.2013 | [2015/34] | WO2013EP57679 | Priority number, date | EP20120250162 | 12.10.2012 Original published format: EP 12250162 | [2015/34] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2014056631 | Date: | 17.04.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/16] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2906986 | Date: | 19.08.2015 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.04.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2015/34] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2906986 | Date: | 20.02.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/08] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 17.04.2014 | Classification | IPC: | G02B27/00 | [2015/34] | CPC: |
G02B27/0081 (EP,CN,US);
G02B5/1842 (US);
G02B21/00 (US);
G02B5/1852 (US)
| Designated contracting states | 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 [2015/34] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | OPTISCHES OBJECKTIV MIT PUPILLEVERGRÖSSERUNG DURCH EINEM DIFFRAKTIVEN ELEMENT | [2018/33] | English: | OPTICAL OBJECTIVE WITH ENLARGEMENT OF THE EXIT PUPIL BY MEANS OF A DIFFRACTIVE ELEMENT | [2015/34] | French: | OBJECTIF OPTIQUE AVEC ÉLARGISSEMENT DE LA PUPILLE DE SORTIE AU MOYEN D'UN ÉLÉMENT DIFFRACTIF | [2018/33] |
Former [2015/34] | KAMERAOBJEKTIV MIT ERWEITERUNG DER AUSTRITTSPUPILLE MITTELS EINES BEUGUNGSELEMENTS | ||
Former [2015/34] | OBJECTIF OPTIQUE PRÉSENTANT UN AGRANDISSEMENT DE LA PUPILLE DE SORTIE AU MOYEN D'UN ÉLÉMENT DIFFRACTIF | Entry into regional phase | 08.05.2015 | National basic fee paid | 08.05.2015 | Designation fee(s) paid | 08.05.2015 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 08.05.2015 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 08.05.2015 | Examination requested [2015/34] | 09.08.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 15.03.2018 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 25.05.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.08.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.12.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 24.12.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 07.01.2019 | 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 09.08.2017 | Opposition(s) | 21.11.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/05] | Request for further processing for: | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report | 25.05.2018 | Request for further processing filed | 25.05.2018 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 08.06.2018 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 11.05.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 11.03.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.02.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 07.02.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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NO | 20.05.2019 | Cited in | International search | [YA]US2418345 (GRIMSON SAMUEL B) [Y] 2,3,5 * figure 6 * [A] 1,4,6-29; | [YDA]US7123415 (MERCER GRAHAM [GB]) [YD] 2,3,5 * column 2, line 61 - column 3, line 7; figures 1,3,4 * [A] 1,4,6-29; | [A]CN101434176 (CHINA BANKNOTE PRINTING & MINT [CN]) [A] 1-29* the whole document * | by applicant | US6028704 | US6608720 | GB2418345 | US7123415 |