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EP0824804 - OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMITTER, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSMISSION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.10.2004
Database last updated on 16.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.07.2008Change - representativepublished on 06.08.2008  [2008/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ALCATEL
54, rue La Boétie
75008 Paris / FR
[1999/08]
Former [1998/09]For all designated states
ALCATEL ALSTHOM COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'ELECTRICITE
54, rue La Boétie
75008 Paris / FR
Inventor(s)01 / WEBB, Stephen, Michael
98 Yorkland Avenue Welling
Kent DA16 2LN / GB
[1998/09]
Representative(s)Lamoureux, Bernard, et al
Alcatel Lucent
Intellectual Property & Standards
54 Rue La Boétie
75008 Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [2008/32]Lamoureux, Bernard, et al
Alcatel Lucent Intellectual Property & Standards 54 Rue La Boétie
75008 Paris / FR
Former [2003/16]Lamoureux, Bernard, et al
Compagnie Financière Alcatel Département de Propriété Industrielle, 5, rue Noel Pons
92734 Nanterre Cedex / FR
Former [2001/49]Hackney, Nigel John, et al
Mewburn Ellis, York House, 23 Kingsway
London WC2B 6HP / GB
Former [1998/09]Vaufrouard, John Charles, et al
Elkington and Fife Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
Application number, filing date97905306.328.02.1997
[1998/09]
WO1997GB00566
Priority number, dateGB1996000430329.02.1996         Original published format: GB 9604303
[1998/09]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9732410
Date:04.09.1997
Language:EN
[1997/38]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0824804
Date:25.02.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.09.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/09]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0824804
Date:03.12.2003
Language:EN
[2003/49]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP04.09.1997
ClassificationIPC:H04B10/155, H04B10/18
[1998/09]
CPC:
H04B10/255 (EP,US); H04B10/505 (EP,US); H04B10/5051 (EP,US);
H04B10/508 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   DK,   FR,   GB,   IT,   SE [1998/09]
TitleGerman:OPTISCHER SIGNALSENDER, ÜBERTRAGUNGSSYSTEM UND -VERFAHREN[1998/09]
English:OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMITTER, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSMISSION[1998/09]
French:TRANSMETTEUR DE SIGNAUX OPTIQUES, SYSTEME ET PROCEDE DE TRANSMISSION[1998/09]
Entry into regional phase22.10.1997National basic fee paid 
22.10.1997Designation fee(s) paid 
22.10.1997Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.10.1997Examination requested  [1998/09]
16.05.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.09.2003Fee for grant paid
26.09.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)06.09.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.01.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
14.01.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
15.01.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
22.01.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
30.01.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipDK03.03.2004
SE03.03.2004
[2005/02]
Former [2004/24]SE03.03.2004
Cited inInternational search[A]EP0565035  (HITACHI LTD [JP]) [A] 1-3,6,7,9 * abstract * * column 6, line 40 - column 7, line 6 * * column 13, line 49 - column 14, line 10 * * column 15, line 26 - line 51 * * column 17, line 41 - column 18, line 24 *;
 [A]EP0539177  (NEC CORP [JP]) [A] 1,4,6,7,9 * column 2, line 42 - column 3, line 22 * * column 12, line 4 - line 14 * * figures 1,10,11,13 *;
 [A]JPH077475  ;
 [A]JPH06303205
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19950531), vol. 095, no. 004, & JP07007475 A 19950110 (NEC CORP) [A] 1,9 * abstract *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19950228), vol. 095, no. 001, & JP06303205 A 19941028 (NEC CORP) [A] 1,6,9 * abstract *
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