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EP0849893 - Monitoring of nonlinear effects in an optical transmission system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  14.09.2007
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip14.09.2007No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 17.10.2007  [2007/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Nortel Networks Limited
2351 Boulevard Alfred-Nobel
St. Laurent, QC H4S 2A9 / CA
[N/P]
Former [2006/43]For all designated states
Nortel Networks Limited
2351 Boulevard Alfred-Nobel
St.Laurent, Quebec H4S 2A9 / CA
Former [2003/41]For all designated states
Nortel Networks Limited
2351 Boulevard Alfred-Nobel
St. Laurent, Quebec H4S 2A9 / CA
Former [2000/39]For all designated states
Nortel Networks Limited
World Trade Center of Montreal, 380 St. Antoine Street West, 8th floor
Montreal, Quebec H2Y 3Y4 / CA
Former [1999/28]For all designated states
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
World Trade Center of Montreal 380 St. Antoine Street West 8th Floor
Montreal, Quebec H2Y 3Y4 / CA
Former [1998/26]For all designated states
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED
World Trade Center of Montreal, 380 St. Antoine Street West, 8th Floor
Montreal, Quebec H2Y 3Y4 / CA
Inventor(s)01 / Roberts, Kim Byron
41 Sherrards Park Road
Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL8 7DL / GB
[1998/26]
Representative(s)Hermele, Daniel Stephen, et al
Nortel Networks Intellectual Property Law Group London Road
Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA / GB
[2006/09]
Former [2005/45]Free, Rachel Alder, et al
Nortel Networks Limited, IP Law Group, London Road Harlow
Essex CM17 9NA / GB
Former [2003/16]Anderson, Angela, et al
Nortel Networks IP Law Group, Harlow Laboratories, London Road
Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA / GB
Former [1998/26]Ryan, John Peter William, et al
Nortel Patents, London Road
Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA / GB
Application number, filing date97309355.220.11.1997
[1998/26]
Priority number, dateUS1996076998619.12.1996         Original published format: US 769986
[1998/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0849893
Date:24.06.1998
Language:EN
[1998/26]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0849893
Date:08.11.2000
[2000/45]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0849893
Date:25.10.2006
Language:EN
[2006/43]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP21.09.2000
ClassificationIPC:H04B10/08
[1998/26]
CPC:
H04B10/2563 (EP,US); H04B10/077 (EP,US); H04B10/07955 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL,   SE [2001/30]
Former [1998/26]AT,  BE,  CH,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Überwachung von nichtlinearen Effekten in einem optischen Übertragungssystem[1998/26]
English:Monitoring of nonlinear effects in an optical transmission system[1998/26]
French:Surveillance d'effets non-linéaires dans un système de transmission optique[1998/26]
Examination procedure08.05.2001Examination requested  [2001/27]
07.02.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.06.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.11.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
18.05.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.02.2006Date of oral proceedings
25.04.2006Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
02.05.2006Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.09.2006Fee for grant paid
12.09.2006Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)26.07.2007No opposition filed within time limit [2007/42]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.10.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
16.10.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
22.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
18.10.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
07.11.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
08.11.2004Renewal fee patent year 08
07.11.2005Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL25.10.2006
SE25.01.2007
[2007/29]
Former [2007/21]NL25.10.2006
Documents cited:Search[A]US4947459  (NELSON LARRY A [US], et al) [A] 1,8,10,14* abstract *;
 [YDA]US5410624  (MORKEL PAUL R [GB]) [YD] 6 * abstract * [A] 1,5,7,14;
 [AD]US5513029  (ROBERTS KIM B [CA]) [AD] 1,7,10,14 * abstract *;
 [XY]  - BUHRGARD M ET AL, "COMPETITION BETWEEN FOUR-WAVE MIXING AND STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING AT 1.3UM CW IN A SINGLE-MODE FIBRE", PROCEEDINGS OF THE EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON OPTICAL COMMUNICATION (ECOC),S,GOTHENBURG, CHALMERS UNIVERSITY, (19890910), vol. CONF. 15, pages 154 - 157, XP000437776 [X] 1,5 * page 155, paragraph 2; figure 1 * [Y] 6
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