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EP About this file: EP2067218

EP2067218 - RARE EARTH DOPED OPTICAL FIBER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  27.03.2020
Database last updated on 28.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  19.04.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  13.04.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  02.04.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  21.11.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip23.10.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 25.11.2020  [2020/48]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Corning Incorporated
1 Riverfront Plaza
Corning, NY 14831 / US
[2019/21]
Former [2009/24]For all designated states
Corning Incorporated
1 Riverfront Plaza
Corning NY 14831 / US
Inventor(s)01 / GRAY, Stuart
370 East Second Street
Corning, NY 14830 / US
02 / WALTON, Donnell, T.
122 Fieldview Drive
Painted Post, NY 14870 / US
03 / WANG, Ji
3412 Conhocton Road
Painted Post, NY 14870 / US
04 / ZENTENO, Luis, A.
38 Katie Lane
Painted Post, NY 14870 / US
 [2009/24]
Representative(s)Elkington and Fife LLP
Prospect House
8 Pembroke Road
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
[N/P]
Former [2019/21]Elkington and Fife LLP
Prospect House
8 Pembroke Road
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
Former [2011/24]Greene, Simon Kenneth
Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks
Kent TN13 1XR / GB
Former [2011/24]Boon, Graham Anthony
Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks
Kent TN13 1XR / GB
Former [2009/24]Boon, Graham Anthony
Elkington and Fife LLP, Prospect House, 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks
Kent TN13 1XR / GB
Application number, filing date07838743.824.09.2007
[2009/24]
WO2007US20597
Priority number, dateUS2006054009929.09.2006         Original published format: US 540099
[2009/24]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2008042143
Date:10.04.2008
Language:EN
[2008/15]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2067218
Date:10.06.2009
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.04.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2009/24]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2067218
Date:22.05.2019
Language:EN
[2019/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP04.06.2009
ClassificationIPC:H01S3/067, H01S3/17, H01S3/16, H01S3/094, G02B6/036, G02B6/024, C03B37/014
[2018/49]
CPC:
C03B37/01413 (EP,US); C03B37/01446 (EP,US); G02B6/024 (EP,US);
H01S3/06716 (EP,US); C03B2201/08 (EP,US); C03B2201/31 (EP,US);
C03B2201/34 (EP,US); C03B2201/36 (EP,US); C03B2203/14 (EP,US);
C03B2203/22 (EP,US); C03B2203/23 (EP,US); C03B2203/30 (EP,US);
C03B2203/302 (EP,US); C03B2205/10 (EP,US); C03B2207/90 (EP,US);
G02B6/03633 (EP,US); G02B6/03644 (EP,US); H01S3/06712 (EP,US);
H01S3/094007 (EP,US); H01S3/1618 (EP,US); H01S3/176 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2009/24]H01S3/067
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2019/21]
Former [2009/24]DE,  FR,  GB 
TitleGerman:SELTENERDDOTIERTE GLASFASER[2009/24]
English:RARE EARTH DOPED OPTICAL FIBER[2009/24]
French:FIBRE OPTIQUE DOPÉE AVEC DES TERRES RARES[2009/24]
Entry into regional phase26.03.2009National basic fee paid 
26.03.2009Designation fee(s) paid 
26.03.2009Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.03.2009Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
26.03.2009Examination requested  [2009/24]
04.09.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.03.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.09.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
07.04.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.10.2018Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 26.10.2018
26.10.2018Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
22.11.2018Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.03.2019Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
29.03.2019Fee for grant paid
29.03.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
12.04.2019Information about intention to grant a patent
12.04.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  04.09.2009
Opposition(s)25.02.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/18]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.09.2009Renewal fee patent year 03
27.09.2010Renewal fee patent year 04
26.09.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
25.09.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
27.09.2013Renewal fee patent year 07
29.09.2014Renewal fee patent year 08
28.09.2015Renewal fee patent year 09
27.09.2016Renewal fee patent year 10
27.09.2017Renewal fee patent year 11
10.09.2018Renewal fee patent year 12
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGB24.09.2019
[2020/48]
Cited inInternational search[Y]WO0041278  (CORNING INC [US]) [Y] 1-3,6 * page 6, line 18 - page 7, line 26 * * page 0, lines 7,8 * * page 13, lines 11-21; figures 1,2 *;
 [Y]US2005158006  (KOH JOOHYUN [US], et al) [Y] 1-16 * paragraphs [0016] , [0034] , [0052] - [0057]; figures 7-9; claim 4 *;
 [Y]WO2005070843  (CORNING INC [US], et al) [Y] 1,3-8 * page 8, line 6 * * paragraphs [0027] , [0028] , [0031] - [0033] - [0042] - [0044] - [0046] - [0048]; figures 1,5,6,8,9; claims 1-10 *;
 [A]US2006045446  (BERKEY GEORGE E [US], et al) [A] 1,2,13,15* paragraphs [0087] - [0090] - [0094] - [0098]; figures 11C,11D,15-21 *;
 [Y]US2006088262  (BERKEY GEORGE E [US], et al) [Y] 1-3,7-16 * paragraphs [0060] - [0067] - [0070] , [0078] , [0079] , [0085] - [0090] - [0093] - [0096] - [0099] , [0101] - [0106]; figures 1A,1B,4,7,14-18 *;
 [Y]  - KURKOV A S ET AL, "Yb<3+>-doped double-clad fibers and lasers", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE, SPIE, BELLINGHAM, VA , US, (20000101), vol. 4083, ISSN 0277-786X, pages 118 - 126, XP009115090 [Y] 1,2 * pages 118,119 * * pages 121,122; figures 2-5,7 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.385638
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