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EP3185055 - OPTICAL FIBER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.11.2021 Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 18.12.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 01.09.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 22.10.2019
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 26.05.2017
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 20.03.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	14.06.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR	published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0041 / JP
	[2017/26]
Inventor(s)	01 / NAGASHIMA, Takuji c/o Yokohama Works of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. 1 Taya-cho Sakae-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 244-8588 / JP
	02 / HAYASHI, Tetsuya c/o Yokohama Works of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. 1 Taya-cho Sakae-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 244-8588 / JP
	03 / NAKANISHI, Tetsuya c/o Yokohama Works of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. 1 Taya-cho Sakae-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 244-8588 / JP
	04 / SASAKI, Takashi c/o Yokohama Works of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. 1 Taya-cho Sakae-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 244-8588 / JP
	[2020/40]
Former [2017/26]	01 / NAGASHIMA Takuji c/o Yokohama Works of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. 1 Taya-cho Sakae-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 244-8588 / JP
	02 / HAYASHI Tetsuya c/o Yokohama Works of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. 1 Taya-cho Sakae-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 244-8588 / JP
	03 / NAKANISHI Tetsuya c/o Yokohama Works of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. 1 Taya-cho Sakae-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 244-8588 / JP
	04 / SASAKI Takashi c/o Yokohama Works of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. 1 Taya-cho Sakae-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 244-8588 / JP
Representative(s)	Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München / DE
	[2017/26]
Application number, filing date	15834083.6	21.08.2015
	[2017/26]
	WO2015JP73618
Priority number, date	JP20140169170	22.08.2014 Original published format: JP 2014169170
	[2017/26]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016027896
	Date:	25.02.2016
	Language:	JA
	[2016/08]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3185055
	Date:	28.06.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/26]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3185055
	Date:	20.01.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/03]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	25.02.2016
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	26.07.2017
Classification	IPC:	G02B6/02, G02B6/38, G02B6/255	[2017/34]
	CPC:	G02B6/02042 (EP,US); G02B6/02395 (EP,US); G02B6/255 (EP,US); G02B6/38 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2017/26]	G02B6/02, G02B6/44
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 [2017/26]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
Title	German:	OPTISCHE FASER	[2017/26]
	English:	OPTICAL FIBER	[2017/26]
	French:	FIBRE OPTIQUE	[2017/26]
Entry into regional phase	20.03.2017	Translation filed
	20.03.2017	National basic fee paid
	20.03.2017	Search fee paid
	20.03.2017	Designation fee(s) paid
	20.03.2017	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	20.03.2017	Examination requested [2017/26]
	20.03.2017	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	12.02.2018	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	25.10.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	25.02.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.09.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	11.12.2020	Fee for grant paid
	11.12.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	11.12.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	21.10.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/52]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.08.2017	Renewal fee patent year 03
	10.08.2018	Renewal fee patent year 04
	15.08.2019	Renewal fee patent year 05
	13.08.2020	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	21.08.2015
	AL	20.01.2021
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	MK	20.01.2021
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	SE	20.01.2021
	SI	20.01.2021
	SK	20.01.2021
	SM	20.01.2021
	TR	20.01.2021
	BG	20.04.2021
	NO	20.04.2021
	GR	21.04.2021
	IS	20.05.2021
	PT	20.05.2021
	GB	21.08.2021
	IE	21.08.2021
	LU	21.08.2021
	BE	31.08.2021
	CH	31.08.2021
	FR	31.08.2021
	LI	31.08.2021
	[2024/29]
Former [2024/22]	HU	21.08.2015
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	CZ	20.01.2021
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]JPH01279210 (FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD) [A] 5 * abstract * * figures 1-6 *;
		[XI]FR2684454 (ALSTHOM CGE ALCATEL [FR]) [X] 1,2 * pages 3-4 * * figure 1 * [I] 3-6;
		[ID]WO0016131 (CORNING INC [US], et al) [ID] 1-6 * paragraphs [0015] - [0017] - [0037] * * figures 1A, 1B *;
		[A]WO2013128730 (FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1-6 * paragraphs [0020] , [0 44] , [0 69] - [0071] - [0 91] * * figures 1, 8 *;
		[A]JP2013231915 (FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD) [A] 1-6* figures 5,6 *;
		[A]US2014003779 (ARAKAWA YOKO [JP], et al) [A] 1-6 * paragraph [0037] * * figure 1A *;
		[AD]JP2014052410 (MITSUBISHI CABLE IND LTD) [AD] 1-6 * paragraph [0025] * * figure 1 *
	International search	[YA]JP2002525645 (Corning Inc.) [Y] 1-2, 5 * , paragraph [0030]; fig. 1B & WO 00/16131 A2 page 12, lines 8 to 18; fig. 1B & EP 1114337 A2 & AU 1439900 A & ZA 9905927 A & TW 454099 B & BR 9913334 A & CA 2344200 A1 & ID 30554 A & CN 1359474 A * [A] 3-4, 6;
		[A]WO2012172996 (FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD [JP], et al) [A] 1-6* , paragraphs [0035] to [0039]; fig. 5 (Family: none) *;
		[YA]WO2014109395 (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES [JP]) [Y] 1-2, 5 * , paragraph [0022]; fig. 3(A) & US 2015/0016795 A1 paragraph [0033]; fig. 3A * [A] 3-4, 6

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