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EP About this file: EP2108996

EP2108996 - Optical switch device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.11.2012
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.07.2014Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 20.08.2014  [2014/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SICK AG
Erwin-Sick-Strasse 1
79183 Waldkirch / DE
[2009/42]
Inventor(s)01 / Blöhbaum, Frank
Im Sauergarten 94
Freiburg 79112 / DE
 [2009/42]
Representative(s)Ludewigt, Christoph
Sick AG
Intellectual Property
Erwin-Sick-Strasse 1
79183 Waldkirch / DE
[N/P]
Former [2011/52]Ludewigt, Christoph
Sick AG Patentabteilung Erwin-Sick-Strasse 1
79183 Waldkirch / DE
Former [2009/42]Ludewigt, Christoph
Sick AG Patentabteilung Erwin-Sick-Strasse 1
79183 Waldkirch / DE
Application number, filing date08103431.608.04.2008
[2009/42]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2108996
Date:14.10.2009
Language:DE
[2009/42]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2108996
Date:28.12.2011
Language:DE
[2011/52]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.09.2008
ClassificationIPC:G02F1/19
[2009/42]
CPC:
G02F1/195 (EP); G02F1/315 (EP); G02F2203/10 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2009/42]
TitleGerman:Optische Schaltungsvorrichtung[2009/42]
English:Optical switch device[2009/42]
French:Dispositif de commutation optique[2009/42]
Examination procedure27.03.2010Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.03.2010Examination requested  [2010/20]
10.06.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
06.09.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.08.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.10.2011Fee for grant paid
24.10.2011Fee for publishing/printing paid
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  10.06.2010
Opposition(s)01.10.2012No opposition filed within time limit [2012/49]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.03.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
28.04.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU08.04.2008
CY28.12.2011
CZ28.12.2011
DK28.12.2011
EE28.12.2011
FI28.12.2011
HR28.12.2011
IE28.12.2011
IT28.12.2011
LT28.12.2011
LV28.12.2011
MT28.12.2011
NL28.12.2011
PL28.12.2011
RO28.12.2011
SE28.12.2011
SI28.12.2011
SK28.12.2011
TR28.12.2011
BG28.03.2012
NO28.03.2012
GR29.03.2012
ES08.04.2012
LU08.04.2012
IS28.04.2012
BE30.04.2012
CH30.04.2012
LI30.04.2012
MC30.04.2012
PT30.04.2012
[2014/34]
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CZ28.12.2011
DK28.12.2011
EE28.12.2011
FI28.12.2011
HR28.12.2011
IE28.12.2011
IT28.12.2011
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LV28.12.2011
MT28.12.2011
NL28.12.2011
PL28.12.2011
RO28.12.2011
SE28.12.2011
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SK28.12.2011
TR28.12.2011
BG28.03.2012
NO28.03.2012
GR29.03.2012
ES08.04.2012
LU08.04.2012
IS28.04.2012
BE30.04.2012
CH30.04.2012
LI30.04.2012
MC30.04.2012
PT30.04.2012
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ES08.04.2012
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BE30.04.2012
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BG28.03.2012
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BE30.04.2012
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MC30.04.2012
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Documents cited:Search[XY]EP0365766  (IBM [US]) [X] 1,2,5,7,8 * column 4, line 49 - column 5, line 32 * * column 6, line 40 - line 48 * * column 8, line 6 - line 33; figures 1,5 * [Y] 6,9,10;
 [XY]US5157537  (ROSENBLATT DAVID [IL]) [X] 1,2,4,5,7,8,11 * column 1, lines 6-14 * * column 6, line 56 - column 7, line 25 * * column 8, line 44 - column 9, line 51 * * column 10, line 67 - column 11, line 25 * * column 11, line 50 - column 12, line 15 * * column 12, line 55 - column 13, line 25; figures 1,9,14,17 * [Y] 6,9,10;
 [XY]US5625729  (BROWN THOMAS G [US]) [X] 1,2,5,7,8 * column 4, line 46 - column 6, line 37 * * column 6, line 65 - column 7, line 34 * * column 9, line 50 - line 59 * * column 16, line 44 - line 63; figures 1,11,12 * [Y] 6,9,10;
 [Y]EP1801546  (SICK STEGMANN GMBH [DE]) [Y] 6,9,10 * abstract * * paragraphs [0012] - [0020] * * paragraphs [0032] - [0036] * * paragraphs [0040] - [0042] ** paragraphs [0054] - [0056]; figures 1a,9 *
by applicant   - IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, (2004), vol. 39, no. 7, pages 1208 - 1212
    - F. PIGEON ET AL., "Identity of long-range surface plasmons along asymmetric structures and their potential for refractometric sensors", JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, vol. 90, no. 2, doi:doi:10.1063/1.1380407, pages 852 - 859, XP012053851

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1380407
    - N. BONOD ET AL., "Resonant optical transmission through thin metallic films with and without holes", OPTICS EXPRESS, vol. 11, no. 5, pages 482 - 490
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