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EP3997495 - OPTICAL DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Request for examination was made Status updated on 15.04.2022 Database last updated on 24.08.2024
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 11.12.2020
Former	unknown Status updated on 24.06.2020
Most recent event Tooltip	24.06.2024	New entry: Renewal fee paid
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Pixel Photonics GmbH Heisenbergstr. 11 48149 Münster / DE
	[2023/12]
Former [2022/19]	For all designated states Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Schlossplatz 2 48149 Münster / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / PERNICE, Wolfram Hollandtstr. 30A 48161 Münster / DE
	02 / SCHUCK, Carsten Coerdestr. 45 48147 Münster / DE
	03 / BEUTEL, Fabian Toppheideweg 38 48161 Münster / DE
	04 / WALTER, Nicolai Scharnhorststr. 25 48151 Münster / DE
	05 / GEHRING, Helge Berliner Platz 30 48143 Münster / DE
	06 / HARTMANN, Wladick Rudolf-Harbig-Weg 1 48149 Münster / DE
	07 / WOLFF, Martin Jüdefelderstraße 52 48143 Münster / DE
	[2022/19]
Representative(s)	Pelster Behrends Patentanwälte PartG mbB Robert-Bosch-Straße 17b 48153 Münster / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2022/19]	Michalski Hüttermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Kaistraße 16A 40221 Düsseldorf / DE
Application number, filing date	20733207.3	04.06.2020
	[2022/20]
	WO2020EP65462
Priority number, date	DE201910115410	06.06.2019 Original published format: DE102019115410
	[2022/19]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2020245259
	Date:	10.12.2020
	Language:	DE
	[2020/50]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3997495
	Date:	18.05.2022
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.12.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2022/20]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	10.12.2020
Classification	IPC:	G02B6/30, G02B6/35, G02B6/122, G02B6/42	[2022/19]
	CPC:	G02B6/30 (EP); G02B6/1228 (EP); G02B6/305 (EP); G02B6/3512 (EP); G02B6/4214 (EP); G02B6/3566 (EP)
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 [2022/19]
Title	German:	OPTISCHE VORRICHTUNG	[2022/19]
	English:	OPTICAL DEVICE	[2022/19]
	French:	DISPOSITIF OPTIQUE	[2022/19]
Entry into regional phase	31.03.2022	National basic fee paid
	31.03.2022	Designation fee(s) paid
	31.03.2022	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	deleted	Deletion: Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2022/20]
	28.01.2022	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: filing fee / search fee not paid in time [2022/20]
	31.03.2022	Examination requested [2022/20]
	31.03.2022	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	19.10.2022	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of designation fees LT, HU, TR, SM, SK, SI, SE, RS, RO, PT, PL, NO, NL, MT, MK, MC, LV, LU, IT, IS, IE, HR, GR, GB, FR, FI, ES, EE, DK, DE, CZ, CY, CH, BG, BE, AT, AL
	31.03.2022	Request for further processing filed
	31.03.2022	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	14.04.2022	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of the filing fee
	31.03.2022	Request for further processing filed
	31.03.2022	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	14.04.2022	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of the examination fee
	31.03.2022	Request for further processing filed
	31.03.2022	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	14.04.2022	Decision despatched
	31.03.2022	Request for further processing filed
	31.03.2022	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	14.04.2022	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	31.03.2022	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.06.2023	Renewal fee patent year 04
	24.06.2024	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited in	International search	[XI]US2009129720 (ASGHARI MEHDI [US], et al) [X] 1-10,12,14 * paragraphs [0028] , [0035] - [0037] - [0043] , [0051] , [0052]; figures 3,8 * [I] 11,13;
		[A]US2019041582 (HECK JOHN [US], et al) [A] 13* paragraph [0052] *;
		[A] - ERRANDO-HERRANZ CARLOS ET AL, "MEMS tunable silicon photonic grating coupler for post-assembly optimization of fiber-to-chip coupling", 2017 IEEE 30TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS), IEEE, (20170122), doi:10.1109/MEMSYS.2017.7863399, pages 293 - 296, XP033069516 [A] 11 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MEMSYS.2017.7863399
	by applicant	EP2442165

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