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EP About this file: EP0617876

EP0617876 - FIBRE OPTIC TELEPHONE LOOP NETWORK [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.12.1997
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.1997No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 04.02.1998 [1998/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Nortel Networks Corporation
World Trade Center of Montreal 380 St. Antoine Street West 8th Floor Montreal
Quebec H2Y 3Y4 / CA
[N/P]
Former [1994/40]For all designated states
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED
World Trade Center of Montreal, 380 St. Antoine Street West 8th Floor
Montreal, Quebec H2Y 3Y4 / CA
Inventor(s)01 / BEARS, James, A.
3317 Nixon Road
Osgoode, Ontario K0A 2W0 / CA
[1994/40]
Representative(s)Ryan, John Peter William, et al
Nortel Networks Intellectual Property Law Group Londond Road Harlow
Essex CM17 9NA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1995/08]Ryan, John Peter William, et al
Nortel Limited Patents and Licensing West Road
Harlow, Essex CM20 2SH / GB
Former [1995/01]Ryan, John Peter William
Nortel Limited Patents and Licensing West Road
Harlow Essex CM20 2SH / GB
Former [1994/40]Ryan, John Peter William
Northern Telecom Europe Limited Patents and Licensing West Road
Harlow, Essex CM20 2SH / GB
Application number, filing date93900139.217.12.1992
[1994/40]
WO1992CA00546
Priority number, dateUS1991081006719.12.1991         Original published format: US 810067
GB1992000235304.02.1992         Original published format: GB 9202353
[1994/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9312624
Date:24.06.1993
Language:EN
[1993/15]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0617876
Date:05.10.1994
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.06.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1994/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0617876
Date:12.02.1997
Language:EN
[1997/07]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP24.06.1993
ClassificationIPC:H04Q11/00
[1994/40]
CPC:
H04Q11/0067 (EP,US); H04Q11/0001 (EP,US); H04Q2011/0081 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1994/40]
TitleGerman:LICHTWELLENLEITER TEILNEHMERLEITUNGS-NETZWERK[1994/40]
English:FIBRE OPTIC TELEPHONE LOOP NETWORK[1994/40]
French:RESEAU TELEPHONIQUE EN BOUCLE A FIBRES OPTIQUES[1994/40]
Entry into regional phase24.05.1994National basic fee paid 
24.05.1994Designation fee(s) paid 
24.05.1994Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure01.07.1993Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
24.05.1994Examination requested  [1994/40]
29.03.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.04.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.06.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
10.07.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.08.1996Fee for grant paid
12.08.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)13.11.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1998/06]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.05.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
30.10.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
10.12.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[X]  - NEC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, SPECIAL ISSUE ON ISDN, 1987 TOKYO JP pages 68 - 77 M. SHIMOIDARA ET AL 'Optical Technology for ISDN User Access'
 [X]  - SCHIFFLER R. A., ET AL., "AN ALTERNATIVE INTERIM SOLUTION ON THE ROAD TO BISDN.", INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS. INCLUDING SUPERCOMM TECHNICAL SESSIONS. ATLANTA, APR. 15 - 19, 1990., NEW YORK, IEEE., US, US, (19900415), vol. 01 OF 04., pages 01 - 04., XP000147374
 [X]  - HASEGAWA T., ET AL., "OPTICAL CUSTOMER ACCESS BASED ON DIGITAL LOOP CARRIER.", INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS. INCLUDING SUPERCOMM TECHNICAL SESSIONS. ATLANTA, APR. 15 - 19, 1990., NEW YORK, IEEE., US, US, (19900416), vol. 04 OF 04., pages 1550 - 1554., XP000146047
 [Y]  - CONFERENCE RECORD, IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS, 15-19 APRIL 1990, VOL. 4 PAGES 32-34, ATLANTA US J.D. JENSEN ET AL 'Fiber to the Pedestal... Then What?'
 [A]  - TECHNICAL DIGEST, 11TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON OPTICAL COMMUNICATION, 1-4 OCT. 1985, VOL. 1 PAGES 649-652, VENICE IT S. PENDLETON-HUGHES ET AL 'Forty Channel Wavelength Multiplexing for Short Haul Wideband Communication Networks'
 [A]  - JOURNAL OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS vol. 11, no. 2, June 1990, BERLIN DE L. BERSINER ET AL 'Bidirectional WDM Transmission with Spectrum Sliced LEDs'
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