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EP0080318 - Optical appparatus for interrogation of the status of a switch [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  09.07.1986
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip09.07.1986No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 27.08.1986 [1986/35]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Western Electric Company, Incorporated
222 Broadway
New York, NY 10038 / US
[1983/22]
Inventor(s)01 / DeLoach, Bernard Collins
134 Sagamore Drive
Murray Hill New Jersey 07974 / US
02 / Miller, Richard Carrel
42 Fairview Avenue
Summit New Jersey 07901 / US
03 / Schwartz, Bertram
321 Orenda Circle
Westfield New Jersey 07090 / US
[1983/22]
Representative(s)Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, et al
Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green
Essex, IG8 0TU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1983/22]Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, Dr., et al
AT&T (UK) Ltd. 5, Mornington Road
Woodford Green Essex, IG8 0TU / GB
Application number, filing date82306093.416.11.1982
[1983/22]
Priority number, dateUS1981032480225.11.1981         Original published format: US 324802
[1983/22]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0080318
Date:01.06.1983
Language:EN
[1983/22]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0080318
Date:11.09.1985
Language:EN
[1985/37]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.04.1983
ClassificationIPC:H04B9/00, G08C23/00
[1983/22]
CPC:
G08C23/06 (EP,US); H04B10/25891 (EP,US); H01L31/12 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   IT,   NL [1983/22]
TitleGerman:Optische Einrichtung zur Abfrage der Stellung eines Schalters[1983/22]
English:Optical appparatus for interrogation of the status of a switch[1983/22]
French:Appareil optique pour l'interrogation de la position d'un commutateur[1983/22]
Examination procedure04.11.1983Examination requested  [1984/03]
26.03.1984Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.07.1984Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.11.1984Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
24.01.1985Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.04.1985Fee for grant paid
03.04.1985Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)12.06.1986No opposition filed within time limit [1986/35]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.11.1984Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[XP]EP0043929  (ASEA AB [SE]);
 [A]DE2924581  (WESTERN ELECTRIC CO)
Examination   - Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 33, No. 8, 1978, pages 721-723
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