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EP0251632 - Distributed sensor array and method using a pulsed signal source [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  17.02.1994
Database last updated on 09.12.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.02.1994No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 06.04.1994 [1994/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
Encina Hall 105 Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-1850 / US
[N/P]
Former [1988/01]For all designated states
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
Encina 105 Stanford University
Stanford California 94305 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Kim, Byoung Yoon
2225 Sharon Road Apartment No. 414
Menlo Park California 94025 / US
02 / Shaw, Herbert John
719 Alvarado Row
Stanford California 94305 / US
03 / Tur, Moshe
14 Beni Moshe Street
IL-62308 Tel Aviv / IL
04 / Brooks, Janet L.
817 Santa Fe
Stanford California 94305 / US
05 / Fesler, Kenneth A.
1134 Polk Avenue
Sunnyvale California 94086 / US
[1988/01]
Representative(s)Rushton, Ronald
Sommerville & Rushton, 45 Grosvenor Road
St. Albans, Herts AL1 3AW / GB
[N/P]
Former [1988/01]Rushton, Ronald
SOMMERVILLE & RUSHTON 11 Holywell Hill
St. Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1EZ / GB
Application number, filing date87305541.222.06.1987
[1988/01]
Priority number, dateUS1986087729623.06.1986         Original published format: US 877296
[1988/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0251632
Date:07.01.1988
Language:EN
[1988/01]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0251632
Date:07.02.1990
Language:EN
[1990/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0251632
Date:14.04.1993
Language:EN
[1993/15]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.12.1989
ClassificationIPC:G01D5/26
[1988/01]
CPC:
G01D5/35383 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL,   SE [1988/01]
TitleGerman:Messanordnung und Methode mit mehreren Sensoren und einer Pulssignalquelle[1988/01]
English:Distributed sensor array and method using a pulsed signal source[1988/01]
French:Disposition et méthode de mesure avec plusieurs détecteurs et une source de signaux à impulsions[1988/01]
Examination procedure28.07.1990Examination requested  [1990/39]
11.03.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
20.09.1991Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.12.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
03.06.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.08.1992Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
06.10.1992Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.10.1992Fee for grant paid
28.10.1992Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)15.01.1994No opposition filed within time limit [1994/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.08.1989Renewal fee patent year 03
15.06.1990Renewal fee patent year 04
18.06.1991Renewal fee patent year 05
18.05.1992Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.06.198903   M06   Fee paid on   22.08.1989
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL14.04.1993
SE14.04.1993
[1993/52]
Former [1993/51]NL14.04.1993
Documents cited:Search[A]EP0071561  (HAHN MEITNER KERNFORSCH [DE]);
 [A]EP0160450  (UNIV LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR [US]);
 [A]EP0165671  (LITTON SYSTEMS INC [US])
 [A]  - ELECTRONICS LETTERS vol. 22, no. 11, 22 May 1986, Stevenage,Herts,Great Britain pages 616 - 618; A.D.Kersey et al.: "PHASE-NOISE REDUCTION IN COHERENCE-MULTIPLEXED INTERFEROMETRIC FIBRE SENSORS"
 [A]  - APPLIED OPTICS vol. 19, no. 17, 01 September 1980, pages 2917 - 2920; A.R.Nelson et al.: "PASSIVE MULTIPLEXING SYSTEM FOR FIBER-OPTIC SENSORS"
 [A]  - AUTOMATISIERUNGSTECHNISCHE PRAXIS - ATP. vol. 27, no. 11, 1985, München DE pages 509 - 515; A.Schwaier: "LICHTWELLENLEITER IN DER PROZESSMESSTECHNIK"
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