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EP4115228 - OPTICAL FIBER CABLE TENSILE STRENGTH LIMITING SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 17.01.2025 Database last updated on 09.04.2026
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 09.12.2022
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 10.09.2021
Most recent event Tooltip	17.01.2025	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 19.02.2025 [2025/08]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Corning Research & Development Corporation One Riverfront Plaza Corning, New York 14831 / US
	[2023/02]
Inventor(s)	01 / DANLEY, Jeffrey Dean 1921 Twin Ponds Drive Hickory, North Carolina 28602 / US
	02 / JENSEN, Joseph Clinton 2632 Curt Ledford Road Lawndale, North Carolina 28090 / US
	03 / NIELSEN, Lars Kristian 1684 Speartip Lane Denver, North Carolina 28037 / US
	04 / TOSIK, Grzegorz Pienki Street, 5B 98-113 Buczek / PL
	[2023/02]
Representative(s)	Sturm, Christoph Patentanwälte Sturm Weilnau Franke Partnerschaft mbB Unter den Eichen 5 (Haus C-Süd) 65195 Wiesbaden / DE
	[2023/02]
Application number, filing date	21764345.1	26.02.2021
	[2023/02]
	WO2021US19783
Priority number, date	US202062983961P	02.03.2020 Original published format: US 202062983961 P
	[2023/02]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2021178230
	Date:	10.09.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/36]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP4115228
	Date:	11.01.2023
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.09.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2023/02]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	10.09.2021
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	06.03.2024
Classification	IPC:	G02B6/44, G02B6/36, G02B6/38, H01B7/02, H01B7/04	[2023/02]
	CPC:	G02B6/4471 (EP,US); G02B6/483 (EP,US); G02B6/4403 (EP); G02B6/4433 (EP)
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 [2023/02]
Title	German:	ZUGFESTIGKEITSBEGRENZUNGSSYSTEM FÜR GLASFASERKABEL	[2023/02]
	English:	OPTICAL FIBER CABLE TENSILE STRENGTH LIMITING SYSTEM	[2023/02]
	French:	SYSTÈME DE LIMITATION DE LA RÉSISTANCE À LA TRACTION D'UN CÂBLE À FIBRE OPTIQUE	[2023/02]
Entry into regional phase	28.09.2022	National basic fee paid
	28.09.2022	Search fee paid
	28.09.2022	Designation fee(s) paid
	28.09.2022	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	02.09.2022	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	28.09.2022	Examination requested [2023/02]
	27.09.2024	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2025/08]
	16.10.2024	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time [2025/08]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	09.02.2023	Renewal fee patent year 03
	13.02.2024	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:	Search	[XI] US2019011657 (BAKER JAMES C et al.) [X] 1,2,9-11 * figures 2,3,4,6 * * paragraph [0060] - paragraph [0061] *[I] 3-8,12-15
		[A] WO0148884 (HYDRO QUEBEC et al.) [A] 1-14 * figures 6,7 *
		[A] GB583600 (COMMUNICATIONS PATENTS LTD et al.) [A] 3-6,12-15 * figures 1-4 *
		[A] GB2470284 (DRAKA COMTEQ BV et al.) [A] 1-15
		[A] US5727106 (SUTEHALL RALPH et al.) [A] 1-15
	International search	[A] US2005185910 (ZIMMEL STEVEN C et al.) [A] 1-20 * entire document *
		[A] US2001012428 (NAKAJIMA MASAHIRO et al.) [A] 1-20 * entire document *
		[A] US2006258229 (HARADA TAKASHI et al.) [A] 1-20 * entire document *
		[A] US2009245734 (NAKAGAWA HIROSHI et al.) [A] 1-20 * entire document *
		[A] US2010178016 (REGISTER JAMES A et al.) [A] 1-20 * entire document *
		[A] US2006045430 (THEUERKORN THOMAS et al.) [A] 1-20 * entire document *

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