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EP2628039 - TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING CROSSTALK IN MULTICORE FIBERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The patent has been granted Status updated on 15.03.2024 Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 22.11.2023
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 18.12.2019
Most recent event Tooltip	15.03.2024	(Expected) grant	published on 17.04.2024 [2024/16]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states OFS FITEL LLC 2000 Northeast Expressway Norcross, GA 30071 / US
	[2014/19]
Former [2013/34]	For all designated states OFS FITEL LLC 2000 Northeast Expressway Norcross, GA 30071 / US
	For all designated states Fini, John Michael 114 Woodbridge Avenue Metuchen, NJ 08840 / US
	For all designated states Taunay, Thierry Franck 3 Wren Way Bridgewater, NJ 08807 / US
	For all designated states Yan, Man F. 75 Highland Circle Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 / US
	For all designated states Zhu, Benyuan 76 Harvard Circle Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / FINI, John, M. 114 Woodbridge Avenue Metuchen, NJ 08840 / US
	02 / TAUNAY, Thierry, Franck 3 Wren Way Bridgewater, NJ 08807 / US
	03 / YAN, Man, F. 75 Highland Circle Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 / US
	04 / ZHU, Benyuan 76 Harvard Circle Princeton, NJ 09540 / US
	[2013/34]
Representative(s)	Stöckeler, Ferdinand, et al Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler Zinkler, Schenk & Partner mbB Patentanwälte Radlkoferstrasse 2 81373 München / DE
	[2024/16]
Former [2013/34]	Stöckeler, Ferdinand, et al Patentanwälte SCHOPPE, ZIMMERMANN STÖCKELER, ZINKLER & PARTNER P.O. Box 246 82043 Pullach / DE
Application number, filing date	11833377.2	12.10.2011
	[2024/16]
	WO2011US56046
Priority number, date	US20100959184	02.12.2010 Original published format: US 959184
	US20100392472P	12.10.2010 Original published format: US 392472 P
	[2013/34]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2012051362
	Date:	19.04.2012
	Language:	EN
	[2012/16]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2628039
	Date:	21.08.2013
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.04.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2013/34]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2628039
	Date:	17.04.2024
	Language:	EN
	[2024/16]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	19.04.2012
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	07.11.2017
Classification	IPC:	G02B6/02	[2017/49]
	CPC:	G02B6/02042 (EP)
	Former IPC [2013/34]	G02B6/36
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2013/34]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR REDUZIERUNG DES ÜBERSPRECHENS IN MEHRKERN-FASERN	[2013/34]
	English:	TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING CROSSTALK IN MULTICORE FIBERS	[2013/34]
	French:	TECHNIQUES PERMETTANT DE RÉDUIRE LES PROBLÈMES DE DIAPHONIE DANS LES FIBRES MULTIC URS	[2013/34]
Entry into regional phase	12.04.2013	National basic fee paid
	12.04.2013	Search fee paid
	12.04.2013	Designation fee(s) paid
	12.04.2013	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	12.04.2013	Examination requested [2013/34]
	04.06.2018	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	02.01.2020	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	12.05.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.11.2023	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	11.03.2024	Fee for grant paid
	11.03.2024	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	11.03.2024	Receipt 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 02.01.2020
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	28.10.2013	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.10.2014	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.10.2015	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.10.2016	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.10.2017	Renewal fee patent year 07
	29.10.2018	Renewal fee patent year 08
	28.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 09
	27.11.2020	Renewal fee patent year 10
	27.10.2021	Renewal fee patent year 11
	27.10.2022	Renewal fee patent year 12
	27.10.2023	Renewal fee patent year 13
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.10.2020	10 M06 Fee paid on 27.11.2020
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Documents cited:	Search	[X] - B Zhu ET AL, "Seven-core multicore fiber transmissions for passive optical network References and links", Optical Society of America IEICE Electron. Express Opt. Lett. Opt. Express US Patent, (20100511), pages 98 - 103, URL: https://www.osapublishing.org/DirectPDFAccess/7FCFDC9B-B553-8E09-2604DA43032E35CE_199464/oe-18-11-11117.pdf?da=1&id=199464&seq=0&mobile=no, (20160721), XP055290268 [X] 1,11 * Section "2. Seven-core multicore fiber";; figure 3 *
		[X] - JOHN M FINI ET AL, "Statistics of crosstalk in bent multicore fibers", OPTICS EXPRESS, (20100630), vol. 18, no. 14, doi:10.1364/OE.18.015122, pages 15122 - 15129, XP055141795 [X] 1-10 * Section "1. Introduction" * * Section "3. The importance of bends" * * Section "4. Average crosstalk for a bent multicore fiber" * * Section "5. Low crosstalk fiber design" * * Section "6. Conclusions";; figures 1, 3 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.015122
		[XI] - FINI J M ET AL, "Bends in the design of low-crosstalk multicore fiber communications links", OPTOEELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE (OECC), 2010 15TH, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20100705), ISBN 978-1-4244-6785-3, pages 168 - 169, XP031765181 [X] 11 * Sections III to VI * [I] 12-18
		[X] - JOHN M FINI ET AL, "Low cross-talk design of multi-core fibers", CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO) AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (QELS), 2010 : 16 - 21 MAY 2010, SAN JOSE, CA, USA, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ , USA, (20100516), ISBN 978-1-55752-890-2, pages 1 - 2, XP031701417 [X] 1,11 * Section "2. Statistics of bend-mediated cross-talk: normal and skewed fibers" *
	International search	[Y]US5452394 (HUANG HUNG-CHIA [CN]);
		[X]US6611648 (KUMAR SHIVA [US], et al);
		[Y]US2005041702 (FERMANN MARTIN E [US], et al);
		[X]US2009263090 (DANGUI VINAYAK [US], et al);
		[Y]US2010158433 (ASKINS CHARLES G [US])

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