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EP About this file: EP0351132

EP0351132 - Optical crossover network [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.08.1996
Database last updated on 28.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.1996No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 18.09.1996 [1996/38]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AT&T Corp.
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2412 / US
[1990/03]
Inventor(s)01 / Jahns, Jurgen
194 Garden Road
Shrewsbury New Jersey 07702 / US
02 / Murdocca, Miles Joseph
RD No 4, 380
Jackson New Jersey 08527 / US
[1995/39]
Former [1990/03]01 / Jahns, Jurgen
194 Garden Road
Shrewsbury New jersey 07702 / US
02 / Murdocca, Miles Joseph
RD No, 4 380
Jackson New Jersey 08527 / US
Representative(s)Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, et al
Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green
Essex IG8 OTU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1990/03]Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, Dr., et al
AT&T (UK) LTD. AT&T Intellectual Property Division 5 Mornington Road
Woodford Green Essex IG8 OTU / GB
Application number, filing date89306856.906.07.1989
[1990/03]
Priority number, dateUS1988021962315.07.1988         Original published format: US 219623
[1990/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0351132
Date:17.01.1990
Language:EN
[1990/03]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0351132
Date:04.03.1992
Language:EN
[1992/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0351132
Date:27.09.1995
Language:EN
[1995/39]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.01.1992
ClassificationIPC:G02B27/10, H04Q3/52
[1990/03]
CPC:
G02B27/106 (EP,US); G02B27/10 (KR); G02B27/144 (EP,US);
G02B27/145 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1990/03]
TitleGerman:Optisches Teiler-Netzwerk[1995/39]
English:Optical crossover network[1990/03]
French:Réseau optique de distribution croisé[1995/39]
Former [1990/03]Gekreuztes optisches Netzwerk
Former [1990/03]Réseau optique croisé
Examination procedure21.08.1992Examination requested  [1992/43]
07.03.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.07.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.01.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
14.03.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.05.1995Fee for grant paid
18.05.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.06.1996No opposition filed within time limit [1996/38]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.12.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
17.07.1992Renewal fee patent year 04
19.07.1993Renewal fee patent year 05
14.07.1994Renewal fee patent year 06
17.07.1995Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:SearchJP60002920  [ ];
 JP57192921  [ ];
 [A]WO8700314  (AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH [US]);
 [A]DE8814391U
    [ ] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 9, no. 116 (P-357)[1839]; & JP-A-60 002 920 (YAMAICHI DENKI KOGYO K.K.) 09-01-1985, Abstract; figure., & JP60002920 A 00000000
    [ ] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 7, no. 42 (P-177)[1187], 19th February 1983; & JP-A-57 192 921 (MITSUBISHI DENKI K.K.) 27-11-1982, Abstract; figure., & JP57192921 A 00000000
    [ ] - AT&T TECHNICAL JOURNAL, vol. 66, no. 3, May/June 1987, pages 41-53, Short Hills, NJ, US; H.S. HINTON: "Photonic switching technology applications", page 49, left-hand column, paragraph 3 - page 52, right-hand column, paragraph 2; figures 5, 8, 10, 11.
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