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EP0063581 - MULTIPLY COATED METALLIC CLAD FIBER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.10.1988
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip13.10.1988No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 30.11.1988 [1988/48]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hughes Aircraft Company
7200 Hughes Terrace P.O. Box 45066
Los Angeles California 90045-0066 / US
[1986/26]
Former [1982/44]For all designated states
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY
Corporate Office, Building COC1, MS A126, 7200 Hughes Terrace
Los Angeles, California 90045-0066 / US
Inventor(s)01 / WYSOCKI, Joseph A.
5200 Longfellow Way
Oxnard, CA 93033 / US
02 / BLAIR, Richard G.
10748 Cranks Road
Culver City, CA 90230 / US
03 / VINCE, Michael R.
538 Fargo Street
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 / US
[1982/44]
Representative(s)Milhench, Howard Leslie, et al
A.A. Thornton & Co. Northumberland House 303/306 High Holborn
London, WC1V 7LE / GB
[N/P]
Former [1982/44]Milhench, Howard Leslie, et al
A.A. Thornton & Co. Northumberland House 303/306 High Holborn
London, WC1V 7LE / GB
Application number, filing date81902933.122.10.1981
[1982/44]
WO1981US01426
Priority number, dateUS1980020376203.11.1980         Original published format: US 203762
[1982/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8201543
Date:13.05.1982
[1982/12]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0063581
Date:03.11.1982
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.05.1982 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1982/44]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0063581
Date:16.12.1987
Language:EN
[1987/51]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.03.1983
ClassificationIPC:C03C25/04, G02B6/22
[1987/51]
CPC:
G02B6/4402 (EP,US); C03C25/1061 (EP,US); C03C25/1063 (EP,US);
G02B6/02395 (EP)
Former IPC [1982/44]C03C25/04, G02B5/172
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL [1982/44]
TitleGerman:MIT MEHREREN METALLISCHEN BEKLEIDUNGEN BESCHICHTETE OPTISCHE GLASFASER FÜR LICHTWELLENLEITER[1982/44]
English:MULTIPLY COATED METALLIC CLAD FIBER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE[1982/44]
French:GUIDE D'ONDES OPTIQUE EN FIBRE DE VERRE POURVU DE REVETEMENTS METALLIQUES MULTIPLES[1982/44]
File destroyed:20.04.2002
Entry into regional phase06.07.1982National basic fee paid 
06.07.1982Search fee paid 
06.07.1982Designation fee(s) paid 
06.07.1982Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure06.07.1982Examination requested  [1982/44]
18.11.1983Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
24.05.1984Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.12.1984Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
08.06.1985Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.11.1985Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.01.1986Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.07.1986Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
25.11.1986Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.02.1987Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.03.1987Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.06.1987Fee for grant paid
09.06.1987Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)17.09.1988No opposition filed within time limit [1988/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.09.1983Renewal fee patent year 03
14.09.1984Renewal fee patent year 04
14.09.1985Renewal fee patent year 05
16.09.1986Renewal fee patent year 06
15.09.1987Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:SearchDE2735079  [ ] (HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO);
 WO8201365  [ ] (HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO [US])
International search[A]US2928716  (WHITEHURST HARRY B, et al);
 [A]US3019515  (WHITEHURST HARRY B, et al);
 [A]US3268312  (GRANT ALBERTA B);
 [A]US3347208  (CHADWICK ARRIDGE ROBERT GRAHAM);
 [A]US3486480  (HEYWOOD DAVID MAIN);
 [X]US3778132  (PINNOW D, et al);
 [X]NL7602236  (FELTEN & GUILLEAUME CARLSWERK);
 [A]US4089585  (SLAUGHTER RAYMOND JEFFREY, et al);
 [A]DE2826010  (INT STANDARD ELECTRIC CORP);
 [A]US4173393  (MAURER ROBERT D [US]);
 [XP]GB1585899  (PLESSEY CO LTD)
 [A]  - Applied Physics Letters, issued 01 January 1979, D.A. PINNOW et al, Reductions in Static Fatigue of Silica Fibers by Hermetic Jacketing, see page 17
 [X]  - Optik, issued 01 June 1979, J.B. ALMEIDA et al, on-line Metal Coating of OpticalFibres, see pages 231-233
ExaminationDE2527769
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