EP0943936 - Gamma radiation sterilized fiber optic UV delivery systems [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 13.03.2009 Database last updated on 09.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.09.2011 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CY | published on 02.11.2011 [2011/44] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Polymicro Technologies, Inc. 18019 North 25th Avenue Phoenix Arizona 85023-1200 / US | [2008/19] |
Former [1999/38] | For all designated states Polymicro Technologies, Inc. 18019 North 25th Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85023-1200 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Nelson, Gary 7728 W. Villa Theresa Drive Glendale, Arizona / US | 02 /
Klein, Karl-Friedrich Allmendstrasse 35 61169 Friedberg / DE | [1999/38] | Representative(s) | Gille Hrabal Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB Patentanwälte Brucknerstraße 20 40593 Düsseldorf / DE | [N/P] |
Former [1999/38] | Türk, Gille, Hrabal Patentanwälte - European Patent Attorneys, Brucknerstrasse 20 40593 Düsseldorf / DE | Application number, filing date | 99105716.7 | 20.03.1999 | [1999/38] | Priority number, date | US19980044907 | 20.03.1998 Original published format: US 44907 | [1999/38] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0943936 | Date: | 22.09.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/38] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0943936 | Date: | 29.09.2004 | [2004/40] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0943936 | Date: | 07.05.2008 | Language: | EN | [2008/19] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.08.2004 | Classification | IPC: | G02B6/02, C03C13/04, G02B6/10 | [2007/51] | CPC: |
G02B6/102 (EP,US);
C03C13/045 (EP,US);
C03C25/1063 (EP,US);
C03C25/6246 (EP,US);
G02B6/44382 (EP,US)
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Former IPC [2004/28] | G02B6/16, C03C13/04, G02B6/10 | ||
Former IPC [1999/38] | G02B6/16, C03C13/04 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2005/31] |
Former [2005/24] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, LI | ||
Former [1999/38] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Faseroptische Verbindungssysteme für UV-Strahlen, die mittels Gammabestrahlung sterilisiert sind | [1999/38] | English: | Gamma radiation sterilized fiber optic UV delivery systems | [1999/38] | French: | Systèmes de fibre optique à transmission UV stérilisée par radiation gamma | [1999/38] | Examination procedure | 29.03.2005 | Examination requested [2005/22] | 10.08.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 20.02.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 19.11.2007 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.03.2008 | Fee for grant paid | 25.03.2008 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 10.02.2009 | No opposition filed within time limit [2009/16] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.03.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.03.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 11.03.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 15.03.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 14.03.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 09.03.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 14.03.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 14.03.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 10.05.2005 | FI   M01   Fee paid on   06.06.2005 | 10.05.2005 | FR   M01   Fee paid on   06.06.2005 | 10.05.2005 | GB   M01   Fee paid on   06.06.2005 | 10.05.2005 | GR   M01   Fee paid on   06.06.2005 | 10.05.2005 | IE   M01   Fee paid on   06.06.2005 | 10.05.2005 | IT   M01   Fee paid on   06.06.2005 | 10.05.2005 | LU   M01   Fee paid on   06.06.2005 | 10.05.2005 | MC   M01   Fee paid on   06.06.2005 | 10.05.2005 | NL   M01   Fee paid on   06.06.2005 | 10.05.2005 | PT   M01   Fee paid on   06.06.2005 | 10.05.2005 | SE   M01   Fee paid on   06.06.2005 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 07.05.2008 | BE | 07.05.2008 | CY | 07.05.2008 | FI | 07.05.2008 | IT | 07.05.2008 | NL | 07.05.2008 | SE | 07.08.2008 | GR | 08.08.2008 | ES | 18.08.2008 | PT | 07.10.2008 | [2011/44] |
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Former [2008/47] | ES | 18.08.2008 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]JPH05288942 ; | [A]JPS6090845 ; | [A]JPH07300325 ; | [XA]DE4034059 (HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH) [X] 1-8,10-14,25-28 * column 2, line 34 - column 4, line 7 * * column 5, line 24 - line 27 * * column 5, line 47 - line 49 * * column 8, line 26 - line 38; figures 1A,1B * * column 9, line 28 - line 37 * [A] 15; | [XA]US5574820 (GRISCOM DAVID L [US]) [X] 15,18-20 * column 1, line 49 - line 59 * * column 2, line 28 - line 52 * * column 6, line 57 - line 60 * * column 8, line 62 - line L * * column 9, line 59 - column 10, line 5 * * claims 1,9,10,15,16,29 * [A] 1-8; | [DXA]DE19547904 (HERAEUS QUARZGLAS [DE]) [DX] 1-8,10-14,25-28 * column 4, line 68 - column 5, line 2 * * column 6, line 64 - column 9, line 8; figures 1-5 * [A] 15; | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19940208), vol. 018, no. 078, Database accession no. (P - 1689), & JP05288942 A 19931105 (FUJIKURA LTD) [A] 1,15,24 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19850919), vol. 009, no. 233, Database accession no. (C - 304), & JP60090845 A 19850522 (FURUKAWA DENKI KOGYO KK;OTHERS: 01) [A] 1,15,22 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19960329), vol. 1996, no. 03, & JP07300325 A 19951114 (SHINETSU QUARTZ PROD CO LTD) [A] 1,15 * abstract * | [A] - MILLER A E ET AL, "RADIATION-HARDENED OPTICAL FIBERS FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE HIGH-DOSAGE ENVIRONMENTS", PROCEEDINGS OF THE OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE. SAN JOSE, FEB. 2 - 7, 1992, NEW YORK, IEEE, US, (19920202), vol. CONF. 15, ISBN 1-55752-222-7, page 218, XP000341684 [A] 1,15 * the whole document * |