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EP1181593 - HOLEY OPTICAL FIBRES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.06.2004 Database last updated on 05.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	27.07.2007	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 29.08.2007 [2007/35]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Innovation and Research Support, Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2003/33]	For all designated states UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Innovation and Research Support, Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ / GB
Former [2002/09]	For all designated states UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHHAMPTON Innovation and Research Support, Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ / GB
Inventor(s)	01 / BRODERICK, Neil, Gregory, Raphael 98 Harrison Road Swaythling Southampton SO17 3TJ / GB
	02 / BENNETT, Peter, Jonathan 22 Orchard Street Chelmsford Essex CM2 0HD / GB
	03 / MONRO, Tanya, Mary 4 Tower Gardens Bassett Southampton SO16 7EL / GB
	04 / RICHARDSON, David, John 1 Midanbury Lane Bitterne Park Southampton S018 4HY / GB
	[2002/09]
Representative(s)	Haines, Miles John L.S. D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2002/09]	Haines, Miles John D. Young & Co. 21 New Fetter Lane London EC4A 1DA / GB
Application number, filing date	00935283.2	19.05.2000
	[2002/09]
	WO2000GB01934
Priority number, date	GB19990011698	20.05.1999 Original published format: GB 9911698
	[2002/09]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0072067
	Date:	30.11.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/48]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1181593
	Date:	27.02.2002
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.11.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/09]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1181593
	Date:	13.08.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/33]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	30.11.2000
Classification	IPC:	G02B6/16	[2002/09]
	CPC:	G02B6/02347 (EP,US); B82Y20/00 (EP,US); G02B6/02 (EP,US); G02B6/1225 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2002/09]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	OPTISCHE FASERN MIT LÖCHERN	[2002/09]
	English:	HOLEY OPTICAL FIBRES	[2002/09]
	French:	FIBRES BANDE INTERDITE PHOTONIQUE	[2002/09]
Entry into regional phase	29.10.2001	National basic fee paid
	29.10.2001	Designation fee(s) paid
	29.10.2001	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	30.11.2000	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	29.10.2001	Examination requested [2002/09]
	17.04.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	09.08.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	26.02.2003	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	12.06.2003	Fee for grant paid
	12.06.2003	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	14.05.2004	No opposition filed within time limit [2004/32]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	22.05.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	21.05.2003	Renewal fee patent year 04
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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	13.08.2003
	BE	13.08.2003
	CH	13.08.2003
	CY	13.08.2003
	FI	13.08.2003
	IT	13.08.2003
	LI	13.08.2003
	NL	13.08.2003
	GR	13.11.2003
	SE	13.11.2003
	ES	24.11.2003
	PT	13.01.2004
	[2007/35]
Former [2007/08]	AT	13.08.2003
	BE	13.08.2003
	CH	13.08.2003
	CY	13.08.2003
	FI	13.08.2003
	LI	13.08.2003
	NL	13.08.2003
	GR	13.11.2003
	SE	13.11.2003
	ES	24.11.2003
	PT	13.01.2004
Former [2004/46]	AT	13.08.2003
	BE	13.08.2003
	CH	13.08.2003
	FI	13.08.2003
	LI	13.08.2003
	NL	13.08.2003
	GR	13.11.2003
	SE	13.11.2003
	ES	24.11.2003
	PT	13.01.2004
Former [2004/31]	AT	13.08.2003
	BE	13.08.2003
	CH	13.08.2003
	FI	13.08.2003
	LI	13.08.2003
	NL	13.08.2003
	GR	13.11.2003
	SE	13.11.2003
	PT	13.01.2004
Former [2004/28]	AT	13.08.2003
	BE	13.08.2003
	CH	13.08.2003
	FI	13.08.2003
	LI	13.08.2003
	NL	13.08.2003
	GR	13.11.2003
	SE	13.11.2003
Former [2004/22]	AT	13.08.2003
	CH	13.08.2003
	FI	13.08.2003
	LI	13.08.2003
	NL	13.08.2003
	GR	13.11.2003
	SE	13.11.2003
Former [2004/16]	AT	13.08.2003
	FI	13.08.2003
	NL	13.08.2003
	GR	13.11.2003
	SE	13.11.2003
Former [2004/14]	AT	13.08.2003
	FI	13.08.2003
	NL	13.08.2003
	GR	13.11.2003
Former [2004/13]	FI	13.08.2003
	NL	13.08.2003
Former [2004/12]	FI	13.08.2003
Cited in	International search	[DA]US5155792 (VALI VICTOR [US], et al) [DA] 1,7* column 5, line 43 - line 55; figure 4 *;
		[X]EP0779523 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD [JP]) [X] 1,4,8-10,13 * page 4, line 45 - line 56 *;
		[DA]US5802236 (DIGIOVANNI DAVID JOHN [US], et al) [DA] 1,9 * column 5, line 22 - line 52; figure 5 *;
		[Y]WO9844367 (DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG [DE], et al) [Y] 1-3 * page 6, paragraph 1; figure 2 *;
		[PX]WO9964903 (BROENG JES [DK], et al) [PX] 1-15 * claims 1,2,38,41,44,61,63 *;
		[PX]WO0006506 (CORNING INC [US]) [PX] 1-3,6-12,15 * page 4, line 16 - line 28 * * page 7, line 9 - line 23 * * page 11, line 12 - line 14 * * page 14, line 17 - line 28; figures 6,7 *;
		[PX]WO0016141 (CORNING INC [US], et al) [PX] 1-15 * page 3, line 1 - page 4, line 7 * * page 11, line 6 - line 8 *;
		[PX] - MONRO T M ET AL, "Developing holey fibres for evanescent field devices", ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 8 JULY 1999, IEE, UK, vol. 35, no. 14, ISSN 0013-5194, pages 1188 - 1189, XP002144866 [PX] 1-6,8-15 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/el:19990780
		[Y] - KOOPS H W P, "PHOTONIC CRYSTALS BUILT BY THREE-DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE LITHOGRAPHY ENABLE INTEGRATED OPTICS OF HIGH DENSITY", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE,US,SPIE, BELLINGHAM, VA, (19960805), vol. 2849, pages 248 - 256, XP000617864 [Y] 1-3 * page 249, paragraph 3 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.255483

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