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| EP1597617 - SWITCH/VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR (SVOA) [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 08.08.2008 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 08.08.2008 | Application deemed to be withdrawn | published on 10.09.2008 [2008/37] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Moog Components Group Inc. 1213 North Main Street Blacksburg, VA 24060 / US | [2005/47] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KOUNS, Heath 246 Bear Spring Road Pearsiburg, VA 24134 / US | [2005/47] | Representative(s) | Bibby, William Mark, et al Mathisen & Macara LLP Communications House South Street Staines-upon-Thames Middlesex, TW18 4PR / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2005/47] | Bibby, William Mark, et al Mathisen, Macara & Co., The Coach House, 6-8 Swakeleys Road Ickenham Uxbridge UB10 8BZ / GB | Application number, filing date | 04713389.7 | 20.02.2004 | [2005/47] | WO2004US05129 | Priority number, date | US20030371184 | 24.02.2003 Original published format: US 371184 | [2005/47] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2004077132 | Date: | 10.09.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/37] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1597617 | Date: | 23.11.2005 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.09.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2005/47] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 09.06.2005 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 06.04.2006 | Classification | IPC: | G02B6/26, G02B6/35 | [2006/20] | CPC: |
G02B6/3514 (EP,US);
G02B6/266 (EP,US);
G02B6/353 (EP,US);
G02B6/3582 (EP,US);
G02B6/3546 (EP,US);
G02B6/356 (EP,US);
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| Former IPC [2005/47] | G02B6/26, G02B6/42 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2005/47] | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | LT | Not yet paid | LV | Not yet paid | MK | Not yet paid | Title | German: | SCHALTER MIT VARIABLEM OPTISCHEN DÄMPFUNGSGLIED (SVOA) | [2007/40] | English: | SWITCH/VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR (SVOA) | [2005/47] | French: | COMMUNTATEUR AVEC ATTENUATEUR VARIABLE OPTIQUE (SVOA)& x9; | [2007/40] |
| Former [2005/47] | SCHALTER/VARIABLES OPTISCHES DÄMPFUNGSGLIED (SVOA) | ||
| Former [2005/47] | ATTENUATEUR OPTIQUE A COMMUTATEUR/ VARIABLE (SVOA) | Entry into regional phase | 26.08.2005 | National basic fee paid | 26.08.2005 | Search fee paid | 26.08.2005 | Designation fee(s) paid | 26.08.2005 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 23.09.2004 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 26.08.2005 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 26.08.2005 | Examination requested [2005/47] | 29.06.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 28.12.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.02.2007 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 13.06.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 29.06.2007 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 22.08.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 08.11.2007 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 18.03.2008 | Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2008/37] | 22.04.2008 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time [2008/37] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.02.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.02.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 29.02.2008 | 05 M06 Not yet paid |
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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. | Documents cited: | Search | [XY]EP1102104 (LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC [US]) [X] 1-10 * paragraphs [0014] , [0015]; figure 2c * [Y] 11,12; | [XY]WO0157578 (SERCALO MICROTECHNOLOGY LTD [LI], et al) [X] 1-4,6-10 * page 10, line 9 to page 12, line 3; page 18, line 17 to page 22, line 14; page 25, line 26 to page 26, line 20; Figs. 1,3,5-7,9,10,12,13,15 * [Y] 11,12; | [A]US6363183 (KOH SEUNGUG [US]) [A] 1-12 * the whole document *; | [XY]US6459524 (ZHANG NAN [US], et al) [X] 1-4,6-10 * column 3, line 58 - column 5, line 20; figures 2-5 * [Y] 11,12; | [Y] - LO K P; LEWIS N; KOUNS H; WITHERSPOON B; BOURQUE B, "Microelectromechanical switches for re-configurable optical add/drop multiplexers", PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE; PHOTONIC DEVICES AND ALGORITHMS FOR COMPUTING IV, (20020708), vol. 4788, pages 9 - 19, XP002373763 [Y] 11,12 * sections 1. to 3.; figures 1,2,4,10 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.453718 | [A] - MARXER C ET AL, "A VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR BASED ON SILICON MICROMECHANICS", IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, (199902), vol. 11, no. 2, ISSN 1041-1135, pages 233 - 235, XP000803435 [A] 4 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/68.740714 | International search | [A]US6404969 (TAYEBATI PARVIZ [US], et al); | [X]US2002131712 (MARKWARDT TERRY L [US], et al); | [XT]US6782185 (KATAYAMA MAKOTO [JP], et al) |