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EP About this file: EP3518017

EP3518017 - METHOD AND OPTICAL FIBRE SYSTEM FOR ILLUMINATION AND DETECTION OF AN OBJECT WITH LIGHT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.04.2021
Database last updated on 10.05.2025
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  15.05.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  29.04.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  06.04.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  17.03.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  09.08.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  28.06.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 16.10.2024  [2024/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Technische Universität Dresden
Helmholtzstrasse 10
01069 Dresden / DE
[2019/31]
Inventor(s)01 / CZARSKE, Jürgen
Eibenstocker Str. 101
01277 Dresden / DE
02 / KUSCHMIERZ, Robert
Tannenstraße 18
01099 Dresden / DE
 [2019/31]
Representative(s)Kailuweit & Uhlemann Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Bamberger Straße 49
01187 Dresden / DE
[2019/31]
Application number, filing date18153149.224.01.2018
[2019/31]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3518017
Date:31.07.2019
Language:DE
[2019/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3518017
Date:17.06.2020
Language:DE
[2020/25]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.09.2018
ClassificationIPC:G02B23/24, A61B1/00, G02B23/26, G02B6/00, A61B1/07, A61B5/00, F21V8/00, G02B6/06
[2020/09]
CPC:
G02B23/2469 (EP,US); G01S7/497 (US); A61B1/00057 (EP,US);
A61B1/00167 (EP,US); G01S17/04 (US); G01S7/4818 (US);
G02B23/26 (EP,US); G02B6/04 (US); A61B1/00172 (EP,US);
A61B1/07 (EP,US); G02B6/0006 (EP,US); G02B6/0008 (EP,US);
G02B6/06 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2019/31]G02B23/24, A61B1/00, G02B23/26, G02B6/00, A61B1/07, A61B5/00
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2019/37]
Former [2019/31]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 
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND FASEROPTISCHES SYSTEM ZUR BELEUCHTUNG UND DETEKTION EINES OBJEKTS MIT LICHT[2019/31]
English:METHOD AND OPTICAL FIBRE SYSTEM FOR ILLUMINATION AND DETECTION OF AN OBJECT WITH LIGHT[2019/31]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME À FIBRE OPTIQUE DESTINÉS À ÉCLAIRER ET À DÉTECTER UN OBJET PAR LA LUMIÈRE[2019/31]
Examination procedure05.08.2019Examination requested  [2019/37]
05.08.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
18.03.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.04.2020Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
30.04.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.05.2020Fee for grant paid
06.05.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
06.05.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)18.03.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.01.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
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