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EP0229711
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| EP0229711 - Fiber optic mode selector [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.01.1996 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.12.2002 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): NL | published on 12.02.2003 [2003/07] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Office of Technology and Licensing 105 Encina Hall Stanford University Stanford California 94305 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1987/30] | For all designated states THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY Office of Technology and Licensing, 105 Encina Hall, Stanford University Stanford, California 94305 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Kim, Byoung Y. 2225 Sharon Road Apartment No. 414 Menlo Park California 94025 / US | 02 /
Sorin, Wayne V. 3579 Cambridge Lane Mountain View, California 94040 / US | 03 /
Shaw, Herbert J. 719 Alvarado Row Stanford California 94305 / US | [1995/10] |
| Former [1987/30] | 01 /
Kim, Byoung Y. 2225 Sharon Road Apartment No. 414 Menlo Park California 94025 / US | ||
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Sorin, Wayne V. 3579 Cambridge Lanege Mountain View, California 94040 / US | |||
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Shaw, Herbert J. 719 Alvarado Row Stanford California 94305 / US | Representative(s) | Rushton, Ronald, et al Sommerville & Rushton, 45 Grosvenor Road St. Albans, Herts AL1 3AW / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1987/30] | Rushton, Ronald, et al SOMMERVILLE & RUSHTON 11 Holywell Hill St. Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1EZ / GB | Application number, filing date | 87300268.7 | 13.01.1987 | [1987/30] | Priority number, date | US19860820411 | 17.01.1986 Original published format: US 820411 | [1987/30] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0229711 | Date: | 22.07.1987 | Language: | EN | [1987/30] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0229711 | Date: | 07.06.1989 | Language: | EN | [1989/23] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0229711 | Date: | 08.03.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/10] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 20.04.1989 | Classification | IPC: | G02B6/14, G02B6/28 | [1987/30] | CPC: |
G02B6/29334 (EP,US);
G02B6/00 (KR);
G02B6/14 (EP,US);
G02B6/2821 (EP,US);
G02B6/2826 (EP,US);
G02B6/02047 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE [1987/30] | Title | German: | Faseroptischer Modekonverter | [1987/30] | English: | Fiber optic mode selector | [1987/30] | French: | Convertisseur de mode à fibre optique | [1987/30] | Miscellaneous | EPB 1995/10: Teilanmeldung 94113433.0 eingereicht am 13/01/87 | EPB 1995/10: Divisional application 94113433.0 filed on 13/01/87 | EPB 1995/10: Demande divisionnaire 94113433.0 déposée le 13/01/87 | Examination procedure | 29.11.1989 | Examination requested [1990/04] | 03.03.1992 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 04.09.1992 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.10.1992 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 23.04.1993 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 11.06.1993 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 09.12.1993 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.02.1994 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 06.09.1994 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 08.11.1994 | Fee for grant paid | 08.11.1994 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP94113433.0 / EP0627640 | Opposition(s) | 09.12.1995 | No opposition filed within time limit [1996/09] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.01.1989 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 12.01.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 11.01.1991 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 17.12.1991 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 14.12.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 22.12.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 27.12.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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| Former [1996/04] | SE | 08.06.1995 | Documents cited: | Search | [XP] - OPTICS LETTERS, vol. 11, no. 9, September 1986, pages 581-583, Optical Society of America, New York, US; W.V. SORIN et al.: "Highly selective evanescent modal filter for two-mode optical fibers" | [A] - ELECTRONICS LETTERS, vol. 21, no. 5, 28 February 1985, pages 175-176; M.S. WHALEN et al.: "Effectively nonreciprocal evanescent-wave optical-fibre directional coupler" | [AP] - IEEE -MTT-S INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM DIGEST, Baltimore, Maryland, 2nd - 4th June 1986, pages 519-522, IEEE, US; H.S. HUANG et al.: "Power transfer between single-mode and multimode optical fibers" | [X] - OPTICS LETTERS, vol. 10, no. 1, January 1985, pages 46-48, Optical Society of America; R.G. LAMONT et al.: "Tuned-port twin biconical-taper fiber splitters: fabrication from dissimilar low-mode-number fibers" | [Y] - ELECTRONICS LETTERS, vol. 16, no. 7, 27 March 1980, pages 260-261; R.A. BERGH et al.: "Single-mode fibre optic directional coupler" | [A] - FREQUENZ, vol. 38, no. 11, November 1984, pages 273-277, Berlin, DE; W. KöSTER: "Wellenl{ngenmultiplex mit Monomodefasern durch Energietransfer zwischen den Mantelfeldern" |