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EP About this file: EP4062218

EP4062218 - SYSTEM AND DEPLOYMENT METHOD FOR A FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A BLOWABLE SECTION AND A NON-BLOWABLE SECTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  26.08.2022
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  29.05.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip05.06.2024Supplementary search reportpublished on 03.07.2024  [2024/27]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CommScope Technologies LLC
3642 E US Highway 70
Claremont, NC 28610 / US
[2024/21]
Former [2022/39]For all designated states
CommScope Technologies LLC
1100 CommScope Place SE
Hickory, NC 28602 / US
Inventor(s)01 / BUDDINGTON, Geoffrey
CommScope, Attention: IP Legal Department, 1100
CommScope Place SE
Hickory, North Carolina 28602 / US
02 / GONZALEZ BLAZQUEZ, Jose-Luis
CommScope, Attention: IP Legal Department, 1100
CommScope Place SE
Hickory, North Carolina 28602 / US
03 / DIEPSTRATEN, Patrick Jacques Ann
CommScope, Attention: IP Legal Department, 1100
CommScope Place SE
Hickory, North Carolina 28602 / US
04 / BIRD, Neil Stewart
CommScope, Attention: IP Legal Department, 1100
CommScope Place SE
Hickory, North Carolina 28602 / US
 [2022/39]
Representative(s)Meissner Bolte Partnerschaft mbB
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte
Postfach 86 06 24
81633 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2022/39]Parker, Andrew James
Meissner Bolte Patentanwälte
Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Widenmayerstraße 47
80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date20891192.520.11.2020
[2022/39]
WO2020US61525
Priority number, dateUS201962938037P20.11.2019         Original published format: US 201962938037 P
[2022/39]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021102272
Date:27.05.2021
Language:EN
[2021/21]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4062218
Date:28.09.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.05.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/39]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR27.05.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.06.2024
ClassificationIPC:G02B6/52, // G02B6/44, G02B6/38
[2024/27]
CPC:
G02B6/52 (EP,US); G02B6/3825 (US); G02B6/44528 (EP);
G02B6/4458 (US); G02B6/4471 (EP,US); G02B6/3887 (EP);
G02B6/4457 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2022/39]G02B6/44, G02B6/38, H04B10/25
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 [2022/39]
TitleGerman:SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUM EINSETZEN EINER FASEROPTISCHEN STECKVERBINDUNG, DIE EINEN AUFBLASBAREN ABSCHNITT UND EINEN NICHT AUFBLASBAREN ABSCHNITT AUFWEIST[2022/39]
English:SYSTEM AND DEPLOYMENT METHOD FOR A FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A BLOWABLE SECTION AND A NON-BLOWABLE SECTION[2022/39]
French:SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE DÉPLOIEMENT POUR UN ENSEMBLE CONNECTEUR DE FIBRES OPTIQUES AYANT UNE SECTION DE SOUFFLAGE ET UNE SECTION DE NON-SOUFFLAGE[2022/39]
Entry into regional phase10.05.2022National basic fee paid 
10.05.2022Search fee paid 
10.05.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
10.05.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.05.2022Examination requested  [2022/39]
02.01.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.11.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
27.11.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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Stay/Interruption21.04.2023Stay of proceedings[2023/22]
21.04.2023Stay of proceedings[2024/02]
01.02.2024Resumption of proceedings[2024/02]
Documents cited:Search[A]US2010178020  (GRIFFIOEN WILLEM [NL], et al);
 [I]WO2018146470  (EMTELLE UK LTD [GB]);
 [A]US2018299632  (VAN BAELEN DAVID JAN IRMA [BE], et al)
International search[A]US5863083  (GIEBEL MARKUS A [US], et al);
 [A]US2011305424  (PIERCE ANDREW ELIOT [AU], et al);
 [A]US2013216191  (YAMAUCHI ISAO [JP], et al);
 [Y]US9470850  (OTT MICHAEL JAMES [US], et al);
 [Y]WO2018146470  (EMTELLE UK LTD [GB])
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