EP1677132 - OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING COMPONENT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.12.2012 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 18.07.2014 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): HU | published on 20.08.2014 [2014/34] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Toyo Glass Co., Ltd. No. 3-1 Uchisaiwai-cho 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0011 / JP | [2006/27] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MATSUMURA, Hiroyoshi 38-9, Musashidai 1-chome Hidaka-shi, Saitama 350-1255 / JP | 02 /
SUZUKI, Taro 32-8-601, Nishirokugo 4-chome Oota-ku, Tokyo 144-0056 / JP | [2006/27] | Representative(s) | Brereton, Paul Arthur, et al Reddie & Grose LLP 16 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8PL / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2006/27] | Brereton, Paul Arthur, et al REDDIE & GROSE 16 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8PL / GB | Application number, filing date | 04788248.5 | 28.09.2004 | [2006/27] | WO2004JP14181 | Priority number, date | JP20030350075 | 08.10.2003 Original published format: JP 2003350075 | [2006/27] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2005036230 | Date: | 21.04.2005 | Language: | EN | [2005/16] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1677132 | Date: | 05.07.2006 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.04.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2006/27] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1677132 | Date: | 22.02.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/08] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 21.04.2005 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 10.05.2007 | Classification | IPC: | G02B6/42, G02B6/32 | [2006/27] | CPC: |
G02B6/32 (EP,US);
G02B6/42 (KR);
G02B6/255 (KR);
G02B6/4206 (EP,US);
G02B6/2551 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2006/27] | Title | German: | FASEROPTISCHE KOPPLUNGSKOMPONENTE | [2006/27] | English: | OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING COMPONENT | [2006/27] | French: | COMPOSANT DE LIAISON EN FIBRE OPTIQUE | [2006/27] | Entry into regional phase | 08.05.2006 | Translation filed | 08.05.2006 | National basic fee paid | 08.05.2006 | Search fee paid | 08.05.2006 | Designation fee(s) paid | 08.05.2006 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 08.05.2006 | Examination requested [2006/27] | 07.07.2006 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 11.11.2008 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 09.03.2009 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 09.12.2009 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 17.03.2010 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.06.2010 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 08.10.2010 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.09.2011 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 10.01.2012 | Fee for grant paid | 10.01.2012 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP10003243.2 / EP2221646 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 11.11.2008 | Opposition(s) | 23.11.2012 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/05] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 08.05.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 12.09.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 31.03.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 11.09.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 14.09.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 29.09.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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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 | HU | 28.09.2004 | AT | 22.02.2012 | BE | 22.02.2012 | CY | 22.02.2012 | CZ | 22.02.2012 | DK | 22.02.2012 | EE | 22.02.2012 | FI | 22.02.2012 | IT | 22.02.2012 | NL | 22.02.2012 | PL | 22.02.2012 | RO | 22.02.2012 | SE | 22.02.2012 | SI | 22.02.2012 | SK | 22.02.2012 | TR | 22.02.2012 | BG | 22.05.2012 | GR | 23.05.2012 | ES | 02.06.2012 | PT | 22.06.2012 | IE | 28.09.2012 | LU | 28.09.2012 | CH | 30.09.2012 | LI | 30.09.2012 | MC | 30.09.2012 | [2014/34] |
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Former [2012/35] | NL | 22.02.2012 | Documents cited: | Search | [X]WO9729392 (CORNING INC [US]) [X] 1,10 * figures 10,11,14 * * page 12, line 26 - line 32 *; | [A]US5865867 (KINOSHITA HIROAKI [JP]) [A] 3* column 2, line 8 - line 15 *; | [A]US5881195 (WALKER JAMES K [US]) [A] 2 * claims 5,6 *; | [X]US2002150333 (REED WILLIAM ALFRED [US], et al) [X] 1-10 * figures 2,6B * * paragraphs [0028] , [0029] , [0051] , [0052] , [0055] , [0058] , [0059] , [0062] *; | [X]WO03076994 (CORNING INC [US]) [X] 1,10 * figure 2 * | International search | [Y]JPS62296105 (NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO LTD); | [A]JPH04260609 (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO); | [A]JPH07149525 (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO); | [Y]JPH07333463 (FUJIKURA LTD); | [Y]JP2002182073 (NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO LTD); | [Y]JP2003227963 (FUJIKURA LTD); | [A] - SHINGYOUCHI, K. ET AL., "DETERMINATION OF DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT OF TITANIUM ION IN Ti02-Si02 WET GEL PREPARED FROM METAL ALKOXIDES DURING LEACHINF", JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS, (1988), vol. 100, pages 383 - 387, XP002984452 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-3093(88)90050-6 | [A] - KINISHI, S. ET AL., "r-GRIN glass rods prepared by a sol-gel method", JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS, (1998), vol. 100, pages 511 - 513, XP002984453 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-3093(88)90073-7 | by applicant | US4701011 | US5384874 |