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EP4235276 - IMPROVED OPTICAL ARTICLE INCORPORATING OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  14.06.2024
Database last updated on 26.06.2024
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  28.07.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established 
14.06.2024Request for examination filedpublished on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
14.06.2024Change - designated statespublished on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Essilor International
147 Rue de Paris
94220 Charenton-Le-Pont / FR
[2023/35]
Inventor(s)01 / LE SAUX, Gilles
94227 CHARENTON-LE-PONT CEDEX / FR
02 / MARCHAL, Jeanne
94227 CHARENTON-LE-PONT CEDEX / FR
03 / PLESSIS, Christophe
94227 CHARENTON-LE-PONT CEDEX / FR
04 / UHALTE NOGUES, Sira
94227 CHARENTON-LE-PONT CEDEX / FR
05 / GUILLOU, Hélène
94227 CHARENTON-LE-PONT CEDEX / FR
06 / GACOIN, Eric
94227 CHARENTON-LE-PONT CEDEX / FR
 [2023/35]
Representative(s)Plasseraud IP
66, rue de la Chaussée d'Antin
75440 Paris Cedex 09 / FR
[2023/35]
Application number, filing date23177932.315.10.2019
[2023/35]
Priority number, dateEP2018030635315.10.2018         Original published format: EP 18306353
[2023/35]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP4235276
Date:30.08.2023
Language:EN
[2023/35]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP4235276
Date:13.12.2023
Language:EN
[2023/50]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.11.2023
ClassificationIPC:G02C7/06
[2023/35]
CPC:
G02C7/021 (EP); G02C7/022 (EP,US); B29D11/00009 (EP);
B29D11/00028 (US); B29D11/00326 (EP,US); B29D11/0073 (EP);
B29D11/00865 (US); B33Y10/00 (US); B33Y80/00 (US);
G02B1/11 (US); G02B1/14 (US); G02B3/10 (EP,US);
G02C7/06 (EP,US); G02C2202/16 (EP,US); G02C2202/24 (EP,US) (-)
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 [2024/29]
Former [2023/35]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 
TitleGerman:VERBESSERTER OPTISCHER ARTIKEL MIT OPTISCHEN ELEMENTEN UND HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN DAFÜR[2023/35]
English:IMPROVED OPTICAL ARTICLE INCORPORATING OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF[2023/35]
French:ARTICLE OPTIQUE AMÉLIORÉ INCORPORANT DES ÉLÉMENTS OPTIQUES ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION[2023/35]
Examination procedure12.06.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.06.2024Examination requested  [2024/29]
12.06.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP19786976.1  / EP3867672
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
07.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
27.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[X]WO9108104  (VISION SCIENCE INC [US]) [X] 14 * page 10, line 19 - page 23, line 3; figures 1-10 *;
 [X]WO9742530  (INNOTECH INC [US]) [X] 14 * page 7, line 16 - page 12, line 27; figures 1-7 *;
 [YD]WO03056366  (ESSILOR INT [FR], et al) [YD] 8 * page 2, line 1 - line 30 * * page 6, line 21 - page 8, line 16 *;
 [X]EP1640786  (ASAHI LITE OPTICAL CO LTD [JP]) [X] 14 * paragraph [0020] - paragraph [0039]; figures 1-6 *;
 [Y]WO2009005822  (PIXELOPTICS INC [US], et al) [Y] 8 * page 37, line 1 - line 3 *;
 [Y]WO2012093994  (ESSILOR INT [FR], et al) [Y] 8 * page 8, line 28 - page 9, line 17 * * page 9, line 27 - page 10, line 2 * * page 13, line 5 - line 15 * * page 16, line 1 - line 13 * * page 21, line 27 - line 31; figures 1-9 *;
 [X]US2013271840  (DILLON STEPHEN M [US]) [X] 1,3,10,11 * paragraph [0035] - paragraph [0043]; figures 1-9 *;
 [X]WO2015037601  (ASAHI GLASS CO LTD [JP]) [X] 13* paragraph [0009] - paragraph [0083]; figures 1-3 *;
 [X]EP2878989  (ZEISS CARL VISION INT GMBH [DE], et al) [X] 1-4,9-13 * paragraph [0022] - paragraph [0138]; figures 1-27 *;
 [XY]EP3273292  (ZEISS CARL VISION INT GMBH [DE]) [X] 1,3,5,6,9-13 * paragraph [0098] - paragraph [0108]; figures 1-11 * [Y] 7;
 [XY]EP3311993  (ZEISS CARL VISION INT GMBH [DE]) [X] 1,3,5,6,9-13 * paragraph [0109] - paragraph [0112]; figures 1-11 * [Y] 7
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    - EYAL BEN-ELIEZER et al., APPLIED OPTICS, (20050510), vol. 44, no. 14
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