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EP1114346
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP1114346 - FIBER CONNECTOR AND ADAPTER [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 02.05.2008 Database last updated on 13.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 08.01.2010 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CY, LU | published on 10.02.2010 [2010/06] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states ADC Telecommunications, Inc 13625 Technology Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55344-2252 / US | [2007/47] |
| Former [2001/28] | For all designated states ADC Telecommunications, Inc 12501 Whitewater Drive Minnetonka, MN 55343 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
LU, Liang-Ju 15815 Scenic Heights Road Eden Prairie, MN 55344 / US | [2001/28] | Representative(s) | Whiting, Gary Abel & Imray 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PQ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2004/24] | Whiting, Gary Abel & Imray, 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PQ / GB | ||
| Former [2001/28] | Darby, David Thomas, et al Abel & Imray, 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 99944053.0 | 01.09.1999 | [2001/28] | WO1999US20120 | Priority number, date | US19980152405 | 14.09.1998 Original published format: US 152405 | [2001/28] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO0016145 | Date: | 23.03.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/12] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1114346 | Date: | 11.07.2001 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.03.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2001/28] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1114346 | Date: | 27.06.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/26] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 23.03.2000 | Classification | IPC: | G02B6/38 | [2001/28] | CPC: |
G02B6/3807 (EP,US);
G02B6/00 (KR);
G02B6/3825 (EP,US);
G02B6/3849 (EP,US);
G02B6/3878 (EP,US);
G02B6/3893 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2007/26] |
| Former [2001/28] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | FASERVERBINDER UND ADAPTER | [2001/28] | English: | FIBER CONNECTOR AND ADAPTER | [2001/28] | French: | CONNECTEUR ET ADAPTATEUR DE FIBRES | [2001/28] | Entry into regional phase | 11.04.2001 | National basic fee paid | 11.04.2001 | Designation fee(s) paid | 11.04.2001 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 03.02.2000 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 05.04.2001 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 11.04.2001 | Examination requested [2001/28] | 21.05.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 02.12.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 16.02.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 29.07.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.11.2006 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.03.2007 | Fee for grant paid | 30.03.2007 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 28.03.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit [2008/23] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.11.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 05.09.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 04.09.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 06.09.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 05.09.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 08.09.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.09.2001 | 03 M06 Fee paid on 23.11.2001 |
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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 | BE | 27.06.2007 | CY | 27.06.2007 | NL | 27.06.2007 | LU | 01.09.2007 | IE | 03.09.2007 | GR | 28.09.2007 | MC | 30.09.2007 | PT | 27.11.2007 | [2010/06] |
| Former [2008/45] | BE | 27.06.2007 | |
| NL | 27.06.2007 | ||
| IE | 03.09.2007 | ||
| GR | 28.09.2007 | ||
| MC | 30.09.2007 | ||
| PT | 27.11.2007 | ||
| Former [2008/22] | BE | 27.06.2007 | |
| NL | 27.06.2007 | ||
| GR | 28.09.2007 | ||
| MC | 30.09.2007 | ||
| PT | 27.11.2007 | ||
| Former [2008/21] | BE | 27.06.2007 | |
| NL | 27.06.2007 | ||
| GR | 28.09.2007 | ||
| PT | 27.11.2007 | ||
| Former [2008/18] | BE | 27.06.2007 | |
| NL | 27.06.2007 | ||
| PT | 27.11.2007 | Cited in | International search | [A]GB2112173 (THOMAS & BETTS CORP) [A] 1,3,4,12,13,14,15,22-25; | [A]US4913514 (THEN JOSEPH L [US]) [A] 1,12,22; | [A]US5348487 (MARAZZI SILVIO [CH], et al) [A] 1,5-12,16,17,19,22; | [A]US5379362 (KAWAMURA SHIGETO [JP]) [A] 1,5,7-9,13,17,22; | [A]EP0733922 (AT & T CORP [US])[A] 1,12,22 |