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EP3646113 - ACOUSTO-OPTIC BEAM STEERING SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  18.07.2024
Database last updated on 20.07.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  25.11.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.04.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  12.07.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip18.07.2024New entry: Communication of intention to grant a patent 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Office of the General Counsel
Building 170, Third Floor, Main Quad
P.O. Box 20386
Stanford, CA 94305-2038 / US
[2020/19]
Inventor(s)01 / SAFAVI-NAEINI, Amir-Hossein
2600 Columbia St, Apt 306
Palo Alto, CA 94304 / US
02 / SARABALIS, Christopher John
2775 Sharon Rd, Unit 316
Menlo Park, CA 94025 / US
03 / WITMER, Jeremy David
1700 Sand Hill Rd, Apt. 305
Palo Alto, CA 94304 / US
04 / ARRANGOIZ ARRIOLA, Patricio
2108 Hayes St, Apt 8
San Francisco, CA 94117 / US
05 / VAN LAER, Raphael Frank J.
842 Coleman Ave, Apt 9
Menlo Park, CA 94025 / US
 [2020/19]
Representative(s)Blumbach · Zinngrebe Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Elisabethenstrasse 11
64283 Darmstadt / DE
[2020/19]
Application number, filing date18898631.902.07.2018
[2020/19]
WO2018US40607
Priority number, dateUS201762527332P30.06.2017         Original published format: US 201762527332 P
[2020/19]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2019135787
Date:11.07.2019
Language:EN
[2019/28]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP3646113
Date:06.05.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.07.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/19]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US08.08.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.05.2021
ClassificationIPC:G02F1/295, G02F1/335, G02F1/01, G02F1/125
[2024/22]
CPC:
G02F1/0134 (EP); G02F1/2955 (EP,KR,US); G02F1/335 (EP,KR,US);
G02F1/125 (EP)
Former IPC [2021/10]G02F1/11, G02F1/125, G02F1/33, G02F1/335, G02F1/01
Former IPC [2020/19]G02F1/11, G02F1/125, G02F1/33, G02F1/335
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2020/19]
TitleGerman:AKUSTOOPTISCHES STRAHLLENKSYSTEM[2020/19]
English:ACOUSTO-OPTIC BEAM STEERING SYSTEM[2020/19]
French:SYSTÈME D'ORIENTATION DE FAISCEAU ACOUSTO-OPTIQUE[2020/19]
Entry into regional phase29.01.2020National basic fee paid 
29.01.2020Search fee paid 
29.01.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
29.01.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.01.2020Examination requested  [2020/19]
29.10.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.11.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.03.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.07.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.07.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
29.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
22.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
25.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[Y]US4961632  (HATORI MASAMI [JP], et al);
 [XAY]US2014300695  (SMALLEY DANIEL E [US], et al);
International search[Y]US4735485  (SHAW HERBERT J [US], et al) [Y] 3, 4 * ; figure 9; column 10, line 55- column 12, line 7. *;
 [A]US5165104  (WEVERKA ROBERT T [US]) [A] 1-24 * , entire document. *;
 [XY]US2005248826  (TSAREV ANDREI V [RU]) [X] 1, 2, 5-24 * ; figures 1-3; paragraphs [0029-0037, 0069 0075,0077]. * [Y] 3, 4;
 [XP]  - SARABALIS, C. et al., "Optomechanical antennas for on-chip beam-steering", Arxiv Pre-Print, (20171011), XP080828069 [XP] 1 * Figure 1; Section IV, page 4-page 5. *
 [A]  - BALRAM, K. et al., "Acousto-optic and opto-acoustic modulation in piezo-optomechanical circuits", Arxiv Pre-Print, (20160928), XP080814316 [A] 1-24 * . entire document. *
 [A]  - LI, E. et al., "Optical phase shifting with acousto-optic devices", Optics Letters, (20050115), vol. 30, no. 2, pages 189 - 191, XP055628377 [A] 1-24 * . entire document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.30.000189
by applicantUS2014300695
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