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EP0276599 - Device for the connection of optical fibres to an integrated optical circuit, and method for manufacturing it [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.07.1993
Database last updated on 14.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip10.07.1993No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 01.09.1993 [1993/35]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
THOMSON-CSF
173, Boulevard Haussmann
F-75008 Paris / FR
[1988/31]
Inventor(s)01 / Lefevre, Hervé
THOMSON-CSF SCPI 19, avenue de Messine
F-75008 Paris / FR
02 / Bann, Sambath
THOMSON-CSF SCPI 19, avenue de Messine
F-75008 Paris / FR
[1988/31]
Representative(s)Guérin, Michel, et al
Marks & Clerk France
Conseils en Propriété Industrielle
Immeuble Visium
22, Avenue Aristide Briand
94117 Arcueil Cedex / FR
[N/P]
Former [1993/20]Guérin, Michel, et al
THOMSON-CSF SCPI B.P. 329 50, rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud
F-92402 Courbevoie Cédex / FR
Former [1988/31]Turlèque, Clotilde
THOMSON-CSF, SCPI, B.P. 329, 50, rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud
F-92402 Courbevoie Cédex / FR
Application number, filing date87402860.815.12.1987
[1988/31]
Priority number, dateFR1986001788919.12.1986         Original published format: FR 8617889
[1988/31]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0276599
Date:03.08.1988
Language:FR
[1988/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0276599
Date:09.09.1992
Language:FR
[1992/37]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.06.1988
ClassificationIPC:G02B6/30
[1988/31]
CPC:
G02B6/4212 (EP,US); G02B6/30 (EP,KR,US); G02B6/3803 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   GB,   IT,   NL,   SE [1988/31]
TitleGerman:Vorrichtung für die Verbindung von Fasern mit einem integrierten optischen Schaltkreis und deren Herstellungsmethode[1988/31]
English:Device for the connection of optical fibres to an integrated optical circuit, and method for manufacturing it[1988/31]
French:Dispositif de connexion de fibres optiques à un circuit optique intégré, et procédé de réalisation[1988/31]
Examination procedure19.01.1989Examination requested  [1989/11]
13.06.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.10.1991Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.02.1992Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
12.03.1992Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.04.1992Fee for grant paid
14.04.1992Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)10.06.1993No opposition filed within time limit [1993/35]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.11.1989Renewal fee patent year 03
22.11.1990Renewal fee patent year 04
12.11.1991Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[Y] JP54100751  
 [A] JP60191210  
 [Y]   PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 3, no. 124 (E-144), 17 octobre 1979, page 81 E 144; & JP-A-54 100 751 (MITSUBISHI DENKI K.K.) 08-08-1979 [Y]
 [A]   PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 10, no. 45 (P-430)[2102], 21 fvrier 1986; & JP-A-60 191 210 (FUJITSU K.K.) 28-09-1985 [A]
 [A]   IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 25, no. 8, janvier 1983, pages 4095-4096, New York, US; G.A. SHEKITA: "Fiber-optic connector with inherent wrap capability" [A]
 [A]   APPLIED OPTICS, vol. 21, no. 7, 1 avril 1982, pages 1310-1319, Optical Society of America, New York, US; J.T. CHILWELL: "Prism coupler jig. interference fringes enable observation of the coupling gap" [A]
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