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EP About this file: EP0349623

EP0349623 - Active communication network [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1990/02]DISTRIBUTED CROSSBAR SWITCH
[1992/32]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.06.1993
Database last updated on 09.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip29.08.2008Change - representativepublished on 01.10.2008  [2008/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hughes Aircraft Company
7200 Hughes Terrace P.O. Box 45066
Los Angeles, California 90045-0066 / US
[N/P]
Former [1990/02]For all designated states
Hughes Aircraft Company
7200 Hughes Terrace P.O. Box 45066
Los Angeles, California 90045-0066 / US
Inventor(s)01 / TANGONAN, Gregory, L.
141 Santa Rosa
Oxnard, CA 93035 / US
[1990/02]
Representative(s)Winter, Brandl - Partnerschaft mbB
Alois-Steinecker-Straße 22
85354 Freising / DE
[N/P]
Former [2008/40]Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner Röss, Kaiser, Polte Partnerschaft Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei
Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
85354 Freising / DE
Former [1991/43]KUHNEN, WACKER & PARTNER
Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
D-85354 Freising / DE
Former [1990/02]KUHNEN, WACKER & PARTNER
Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
D-85354 Freising / DE
Application number, filing date89900445.131.10.1988
[1990/02]
WO1988US03847
Priority number, dateUS1987013861928.12.1987         Original published format: US 138619
[1990/02]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8906473
Date:13.07.1989
Language:EN
[1989/15]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0349623
Date:10.01.1990
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.07.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1990/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0349623
Date:05.08.1992
Language:EN
[1992/32]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP13.07.1989
ClassificationIPC:H04Q3/52
[1990/02]
CPC:
H04B10/801 (EP,US); H04L49/00 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1990/02]
TitleGerman:Aktives Kommunikationsnetzwerk[1992/32]
English:Active communication network[1992/32]
French:Réseau actif de communication[1992/32]
Former [1990/02]VERTEILTER KREUZSCHIENENSCHALTER
Former [1990/02]DISTRIBUTED CROSSBAR SWITCH
Former [1990/02]COMMUTATEUR A BARRES CROISEES DECENTRALISE
File destroyed:20.04.2002
Entry into regional phase24.08.1989National basic fee paid 
24.08.1989Designation fee(s) paid 
24.08.1989Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.08.1989Examination requested  [1990/02]
18.04.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.08.1991Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.08.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M01)
22.08.1991Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.10.1991Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
10.02.1992Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.05.1992Fee for grant paid
20.05.1992Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)07.05.1993No opposition filed within time limit [1993/30]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.09.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
16.09.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational searchUS3883222  [ ] (GUNDERSON LESLIE C);
 FR2454633  [ ] (PHILIPS NV [NL]);
 EP0216167  [ ] (SIEMENS AG [DE]);
 US4707062  [ ] (ABE HIRAKU [JP], et al)
 [A]  - Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 75, no. 11, November 1987, IEEE, (New York, US), W.J. Tomlinson et al.: "Telecommunications applications of integrated optics and optoelectronics", pages 1512-1523
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