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EP0917261 - Wavelength tunable monomode laser source with self-aligning external cavity [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  30.08.2002
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip30.08.2002No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 16.10.2002  [2002/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
PHOTONETICS
52 Avenue de l'Europe, B.P. 39
78160 Marly le Roi / FR
[1999/20]
Inventor(s)01 / Lefevre, Hervé
5-15 rue Olivier Noyer
75014 Paris / FR
02 / Martin, Philippe
5 clos Blaise Cendrars
78760 Pontchartrain / FR
03 / Laloux, Bernard
12 impasse de Chantepie
78450 Villepreux / FR
04 / Graindorge, Philippe
8 rue du 19 mars 1962
21800 Chevigny St Sauveur / FR
05 / Disdier, Laurent
3 avenue Paul Cézanne
78160 Marly le Roi / FR
[1999/47]
Former [1999/20]01 / Lefevre, Hervé
5-15 rue Olivier Noyer
75014 Paris / FR
02 / Martin, Philippe
5 clos Blaise Cendrars
78760 Pontchartrain / FR
03 / Laloux, Bernard
6 square Crozatier
78450 Villepreux / FR
04 / Graindorge, Philippe
8 rue du 19 mars 1962
21800 Chevigny St Sauveur / FR
05 / Disdier, Laurent
3 avenue Paul Cézanne
78160 Marly le Roi / FR
Representative(s)Michelet, Alain, et al
Cabinet HARLE et PHELIP
14-16, rue Ballu
75009 Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [1999/20]Michelet, Alain, et al
Cabinet Harlé et Phélip 7, rue de Madrid
75008 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date98403194.813.09.1995
[1999/20]
Priority number, dateFR1994001092513.09.1994         Original published format: FR 9410925
[1999/20]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0917261
Date:19.05.1999
Language:FR
[1999/20]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0917261
Date:24.10.2001
Language:FR
[2001/43]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.03.1999
ClassificationIPC:H01S5/10, H01S3/081, H01S3/1055, H01S3/105
[2000/52]
CPC:
H01S3/0812 (EP,US); H01S5/143 (EP,US); H01S3/105 (EP,US);
H01S3/1055 (EP,US); H01S5/02325 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1999/20]H01S3/085, H01S3/081, H01S3/1055, H01S3/105
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1999/20]
TitleGerman:Wellenlängenabstimmbare monomodige Laserquelle mit selbstausrichtendem externen Resonator[2001/02]
English:Wavelength tunable monomode laser source with self-aligning external cavity[1999/20]
French:Source laser monomode accordable en longueur d'onde à cavité externe autoalignée[1999/20]
Former [1999/20]Wellenlängenabstimmbare Monomodlaserquelle mit selbstausrichtendem externen Resonator
Examination procedure19.11.1999Examination requested  [2000/03]
18.12.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
19.04.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.07.2001Fee for grant paid
30.07.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP95402073.1  / EP0702438
Opposition(s)25.07.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/42]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.01.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
25.01.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
10.07.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
27.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
09.07.2001Renewal fee patent year 07
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.23.004465
 [A]  - R.S.PUTMAN, "Laser-mode spacing is independent of cavity length", CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO) - TECHNICAL DIGEST SERIES, WASHINGTON, (19920510), vol. 12, pages 306 - 308, XP000351496 [A] 1-3 * page 306, column R, line 34 - line 42; figure 3 *
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