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EP0671020
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0671020
| EP0671020 - OPTICAL CONNECTOR [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.11.1999 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 12.11.1999 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 29.12.1999 [1999/52] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Hewlett-Packard Limited Cain Road Bracknell Berkshire RG12 1HN / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1996/52] | For all designated states Hewlett-Packard Limited Cain Road Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1HN / GB | ||
| Former [1995/37] | For all designated states BT&D TECHNOLOGIES LTD. Cain Road Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1HN / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MUSK, Robert William Fieldings, Main Road Ashbocking, Suffolk IP6 9JT / GB | [1995/37] | Representative(s) | Lawrence, Richard Anthony, et al Hewlett-Packard Limited, IP Section, Building 3, Filton Road Stoke Gifford Bristol BS34 8QZ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/01] | Lawrence, Richard Anthony, et al Hewlett-Packard Limited, IP Section, Building 2, Filton Road Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS12 6QZ / GB | ||
| Former [1995/50] | Yennadhiou, Peter, et al Hewlett-Packard Limited Intellectual Property Section Building 2, Filton Road Stoke Gifford Bristol BS12 6QZ / GB | ||
| Former [1995/37] | Webster, Denise Mary Hewlett-Packard Ltd, IP Section, Building 2, Filton Road, Stoke Gifford Bristol BS12 6QZ / GB | Application number, filing date | 94902026.7 | 30.11.1993 | [1995/37] | WO1993GB02455 | Priority number, date | JP19920320772 | 30.11.1992 Original published format: JP 32077292 | [1995/37] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9412901 | Date: | 09.06.1994 | Language: | EN | [1994/13] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0671020 | Date: | 13.09.1995 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.06.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1995/37] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0671020 | Date: | 07.01.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/01] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 09.06.1994 | Classification | IPC: | G02B6/38, G02B6/42 | [1995/37] | CPC: |
G02B6/3877 (EP,US);
G02B6/4292 (EP,US);
G02B6/3849 (EP,US);
G02B6/3851 (EP,US);
G02B6/3893 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, GB [1995/37] | Title | German: | OPTISCHER STECKER | [1995/37] | English: | OPTICAL CONNECTOR | [1995/37] | French: | CONNECTEUR OPTIQUE | [1995/37] | Entry into regional phase | 11.04.1995 | National basic fee paid | 11.04.1995 | Designation fee(s) paid | 11.04.1995 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 28.06.1994 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 11.04.1995 | Examination requested [1995/37] | 27.02.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 27.08.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.02.1998 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 24.06.1998 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 18.09.1998 | Fee for grant paid | 18.09.1998 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 08.10.1999 | No opposition filed within time limit [1999/52] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 19.10.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.10.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 29.10.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 02.11.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Cited in | International search | [A]JPS59157606 ; | [A]EP0014610 (THOMSON CSF [FR]) [A] 1-10 * page 3, line 26 - line 37 * * page 4, line 1 - line 7 * * page 4, line 14 - line 36 * * page 5, line 1 - line 22 * * page 7, line 1 - line 35 * * figures 1-6 *; | [A]US4461538 (BREED III RICHARD A [US], et al) [A] 1-3,5,6,8,9 * the whole document *; | [A]WO8600423 (AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH [US]) [A] 1-3,5,8-10 * figures 3-6 * * page 8, line 22 - line 37 * * page 9, line 1 - line 15 * * page 9, line 31 - line 37 * * page 10, line 1 - line 27 *; | [A]US4684210 (MATSUNAGA HIROSHI [JP], et al) [A] 1-3,5,6,8,9* the whole document * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19850116), vol. 9, no. 9, Database accession no. (P - 327)<1732>, & JP59157606 A 00000000 (MATSUSHITA) [A] 1,5 * abstract * |