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EP0988566 - SOLAR RESISTANT OPTICAL FIBER AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 14.03.2008 Database last updated on 16.11.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	14.03.2008	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 16.04.2008 [2008/16]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states FIBERGUIDE INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 Bay Street Sterling, NJ 07980 / US
	[2000/13]
Inventor(s)	01 / CAMLIBEL, Irfan 2 Mountain Ridge Drive Oxford, NJ 07863 / US
	02 / VOSS, David, J. 52 Hedgewood Road Howell, NJ 07731 / US
	03 / RICH, Theodore, C. 58 Windsor Way Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 / US
	[2000/13]
Representative(s)	Kampfenkel, Klaus Blumbach - Zinngrebe Patentanwälte PartG mbB Alexandrastrasse 5 65187 Wiesbaden / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2000/13]	Kampfenkel, Klaus, Dipl.-Ing. Blumbach, Kramer & Partner GbR, Alexandrastrasse 5 65187 Wiesbaden / DE
Application number, filing date	98926434.6	05.06.1998
	[2000/13]
	WO1998US11852
Priority number, date	US19970873818	12.06.1997 Original published format: US 873818
	[2000/13]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9857203
	Date:	17.12.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/50]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0988566
	Date:	29.03.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.12.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/13]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	17.12.1998
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	23.02.2004
Classification	IPC:	G02B6/02, C03C25/10, G02B6/16, C03B37/025	[2004/14]
	CPC:	C03C25/607 (EP,US); C03C25/1061 (EP,US); C03C25/22 (EP,US); C03C3/06 (EP,US); G02B6/02395 (EP,US); C03C2201/21 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2000/13]	G02B6/02
Designated contracting states	CH, DE, FI, FR, GB, IT, LI, SE [2000/13]
Title	German:	SONNENBESTÄNDIGE OPTISCHE FASER UND VERFAHREN	[2000/13]
	English:	SOLAR RESISTANT OPTICAL FIBER AND METHOD	[2000/13]
	French:	FIBRE OPTIQUE RESISTANTE AU RAYONNEMENT SOLAIRE ET PROCEDE	[2000/13]
Entry into regional phase	09.12.1999	National basic fee paid
	09.12.1999	Search fee paid
	09.12.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	09.12.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	08.01.1999	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	09.12.1999	Examination requested [2000/13]
	23.06.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	22.12.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.06.2007	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	23.10.2007	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2008/16]
	26.11.2007	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time [2008/16]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	05.06.2000	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.05.2001	Renewal fee patent year 04
	24.06.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
	23.06.2003	Renewal fee patent year 06
	23.06.2004	Renewal fee patent year 07
	21.06.2005	Renewal fee patent year 08
	28.06.2006	Renewal fee patent year 09
	27.06.2007	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Documents cited:	Search	[Y]JPH02141437 ;
		[Y]EP0569182 (AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH [US]) [Y] 1-11 * column 2, line 40 - column 3, line 38 * * column 4, line 54 - column 5, line 32 * * claims 1-12 *;
		[Y]EP0477435 (CORNING INC [US]) [Y] 1-11 * column 6, line 30 - column 7, line 20; figures 1-3; examples 1,2; claims 1-10 *;
		[Y]US5059229 (BLANKENSHIP MICHAEL G [US], et al) [Y] 1-11 * column 3, line 41 - column 5, line 68; figures 1-3; claims 1-15 *;
		[Y]US5000541 (DIMARCELLO FRANK V [US], et al) [Y] 1-11 * column 5, lines 3-68; claims 1-29 *;
		[PX]DE19547904 (HERAEUS QUARZGLAS [DE]) [PX] 1,3,6-11 * column 2, line 11 - column 3, line 25 * * column 3, line 68 - column 4, line 4 * * column 4, line 43 - column 5, line 58 * * column 7, lines 36-62; claims 1-14 *;
		[E]EP0943936 (POLYMICRO TECHNOLOGIES INC [US]) [E] 1-11 * column 2, lines 9-47; claims 1-11 *
		[Y] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1990, no. 28, Database accession no. 1990-212437, XP002269936 & JPH02141437 A 19900530 (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC IND CO) [Y] 1-11 * abstract *
	International search	[Y]US5059229 (BLANKENSHIP MICHAEL G [US], et al);
		[Y]US5621843 (NEUBERGER WOLFGANG [DE]);
		[Y]US5274734 (JIN SHUNGHO [US], et al);
		[A]US5267343 (LYONS PETER B [US], et al)

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