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EP About this file: EP0686270

EP0686270 - A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DIFFRACTIVE SURFACE PROFILE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  13.09.2002
Database last updated on 13.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip15.08.2008Change - applicantpublished on 17.09.2008  [2008/38]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Eastman Kodak Company
343 State Street
Rochester, NY 14650-2201 / US
[N/P]
Former [2008/38]For all designated states
Eastman Kodak Company
343 State Street
Rochester NY 14650-2201 / US
Former [1995/50]For all designated states
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
343 State Street
Rochester, New York 14650 / US
Inventor(s)01 / MEYERS, Mark, Marshall
35 Countryside Drive
Hamlin, NY 14464 / US
02 / SCHICKLER, Mark, Edward
1262 Laurel Circle
Webster, NY 14580 / US
[1995/50]
Representative(s)Buff, Michel, et al
KODAK INDUSTRIE Département Brevets - CRT Zone Industrielle - B.P. 21
71102 Chalon sur Saône Cédex / FR
[N/P]
Former [1995/50]Buff, Michel, et al
Kodak-Pathé Département des Brevets et Licences CRT Centre de Recherches et de Technologie Zone Industrielle
F-71102 Chalon sur Saône Cédex / FR
Application number, filing date95904798.605.12.1994
[1995/50]
WO1994US13894
Priority number, dateUS1993017473729.12.1993         Original published format: US 174737
[1995/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9518392
Date:06.07.1995
Language:EN
[1995/29]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0686270
Date:13.12.1995
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.07.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1995/50]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP06.07.1995
ClassificationIPC:G02B5/18, B24B13/04
[1995/50]
CPC:
G02B5/1852 (EP,US); B24B13/046 (EP,US); Y10T407/26 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1995/50]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES DIFFRAKTIVEN OBERFLÄCHENPROFILS[1995/50]
English:A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DIFFRACTIVE SURFACE PROFILE[1995/50]
French:PROCEDE DE FABRICATION D'UN PROFIL DE SURFACE DIFFRACTIVE[1995/50]
Entry into regional phase13.09.1995National basic fee paid 
13.09.1995Designation fee(s) paid 
13.09.1995Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure13.09.1995Examination requested  [1995/50]
13.01.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
20.06.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.12.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
17.03.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.10.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.03.2002Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2002/44]
28.05.2002Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [2002/44]
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.12.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
05.12.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
21.12.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
06.12.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
07.12.2000Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
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31.12.200108   M06   Not yet paid
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Cited inInternational search[A]EP0557057  (HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO [US]) [A] 1,4,7,9,11-15* the whole document *
 [A]  - ANTIER, "Diffractive Optical Elements in FLIR", THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HOLOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS AND APPLICATIONS (IEE), EDINBURGH, UK, (19910916), pages 190 - 194 [A] 1,4,7,9,11-15 * the whole document *
 [A]  - CLARK ET AL, "production of kinoforms by single point diamond machining", OPTICS NEWS, (198912), vol. 12, no. 12, pages 39 - 40 [A] 1,4,5,7,9,11-15 * the whole document *
 [A]  - LONDONO ET AL, "Athermalization of a Single-Component Lens with Diffractive Optics", APPLIED OPTICS., NEW YORK US, (19930501), vol. 32, no. 13, pages 2295 - 2302 [A] 1,4,5,7,9,11-15 * the whole document *
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