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EP0549132 - Article comprising a semiconductor body and means for modulating the optical transparency of the same [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.02.1999
Database last updated on 13.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.02.1999No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 31.03.1999 [1999/13]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AT&T Corp.
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2412 / US
[1994/40]
Former [1993/26]For all designated states
AT&T Corp.
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2412 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Gorfinkel, Vera B.
Naberezhnaya Kosmonavtov 5, Apt. 49
Saratov 410002 / RU
02 / Luryi, Sergey
907 Papen Road
Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807 / US
[1993/26]
Representative(s)Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, et al
Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green
Essex, IG8 0TU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1993/26]Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, Dr., et al
AT&T (UK) Ltd. 5, Mornington Road
Woodford Green Essex, IG8 0TU / GB
Application number, filing date92310676.923.11.1992
[1993/26]
Priority number, dateUS1991081474524.12.1991         Original published format: US 814745
[1993/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0549132
Date:30.06.1993
Language:EN
[1993/26]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0549132
Date:22.09.1993
Language:EN
[1993/38]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0549132
Date:08.04.1998
Language:EN
[1998/15]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.08.1993
ClassificationIPC:G02F1/015
[1993/26]
CPC:
B82Y20/00 (EP,US); G02F1/01716 (EP,US); G02F1/017 (EP,US);
G02F1/0156 (EP,US); G02F1/01775 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1993/26]
TitleGerman:Vorrichtung mit Halbleiterkörper und Mitteln zur Modulation der optischen Transparenz desselben[1993/26]
English:Article comprising a semiconductor body and means for modulating the optical transparency of the same[1993/26]
French:Dispositif comprenant un corps semi-conducteur et des moyens pour moduler sa transparence optique[1993/26]
Examination procedure10.03.1994Examination requested  [1994/19]
06.11.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
12.03.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.09.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.01.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.08.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
08.10.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.12.1997Fee for grant paid
10.12.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)09.01.1999No opposition filed within time limit [1999/13]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.11.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
17.11.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
18.11.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
07.11.1997Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0306400  (THOMSON CSF [FR]);
 [X]EP0432035  (THOMSON CSF [FR]);
 [X]  - APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS. vol. 50, no. 11, March 1987, NEW YORK US pages 685 - 687 A. HARWIT ET AL. 'Observation of Stark Shifts in Quantum Well Intersubband Transitions'
 [X]  - PAN J. L., ET AL., "INDUCING NORMALLY FORBIDDEN TRANSITIONS WITHIN THE CONDUCTION BAND OF GAAS QUANTUM WELLS.", Applied Physics Letters, A I P Publishing LLC, US, US, (19900723), vol. 57., no. 04., doi:10.1063/1.103693, ISSN 0003-6951, pages 366 - 368., XP000150127

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.103693
 [XP]  - GORFINKEL V. B., LURYI S., "RAPID MODULATION OF INTERBAND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF QUANTUM WELLS BY INTERSUBBAND ABSORPTION.", Applied Physics Letters, A I P Publishing LLC, US, US, (19920622), vol. 60., no. 25., doi:10.1063/1.106749, ISSN 0003-6951, pages 3141 - 3143., XP000280708

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.106749
 [A]  - JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS. vol. 68, no. 12, December 1990, NEW YORK US pages 6529 - 6531 S. NODA ET AL. 'All-Optical Modulation Using a n-doped Quantum-Well Structure'
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