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EP0095280 - Fiber optic connector having lens [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  26.01.1990
Database last updated on 09.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip07.07.2007Change - inventorpublished on 08.08.2007  [2007/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AMP INCORPORATED (a Pennsylvania corporation)
P.O. Box 3608 470 Friendship Road Harrisburg
Pennsylvania 17105 / US
[N/P]
Former [1990/10]For all designated states
AMP INCORPORATED (a Pennsylvania corporation)
P.O. Box 3608 470 Friendship Road
Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105 / US
Former [1983/48]For all designated states
AMP INCORPORATED (a New Jersey corporation)
P.O. Box 3608 470 Friendship Road
Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Bowen, Terry Patrick
York Hill Drive
Etters Pennsylvania 17319 / US
02 / Caron, Bernard George
4330 Winthrop Drive
Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17112 / US
03 / Cooper, Ronald Francis
Adams County Winery Peach Tree Toad
Orrtanna Pennsylvania 17353 / US
04 / Glover, Douglas Wade
2309 Valley Road
Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17104 / US
[1983/48]
Representative(s)Warren, Keith Stanley, et al
Baron Warren Redfern
Cambridge House
100 Cambridge Grove
Hammersmith, London
W6 0LE / GB
[N/P]
Former [1990/10]Warren, Keith Stanley, et al
BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington
London W8 5BU / GB
Former [1985/42]Gray, Robin Oliver
BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington
London W8 5BU / GB
Former [1984/03]Warren, Keith Stanley
BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington
London W8 5BU / GB
Former [1983/48]Gray, Robin Oliver
20 Queensmere Slough
Berkshire, SL1 1YZ / GB
Application number, filing date83302651.111.05.1983
[1983/48]
Priority number, dateUS1982038148024.05.1982         Original published format: US 381480
[1983/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0095280
Date:30.11.1983
Language:EN
[1983/48]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.10.1983
ClassificationIPC:G02B7/26
[1983/48]
CPC:
G02B6/322 (EP,US); G02B6/421 (EP,US); G02B6/4292 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1983/48]
TitleGerman:Faseroptisches Verbindungsstück mit einer optischen Linse[1983/48]
English:Fiber optic connector having lens[1983/48]
French:Connecteur de fibres optiques avec une lentille[1983/48]
Examination procedure04.05.1984Examination requested  [1984/29]
01.04.1985Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.07.1985Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.03.1986Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.07.1986Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.02.1987Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [1990/11]
13.01.1990Application refused, date of legal effect [1990/11]
Appeal following examination06.04.1987Appeal received No.  T0240/87
09.06.1987Statement of grounds filed
12.08.1988Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M02) [1988/33]
17.10.1988Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [1988/42]
18.01.1989Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M04) [1989/03]
22.05.1989Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [1989/21]
17.08.1989Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M02) [1989/33]
12.10.1989Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [1989/41]
08.12.1989Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant was rejected
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.05.1985Renewal fee patent year 03
20.05.1986Renewal fee patent year 04
15.05.1987Renewal fee patent year 05
10.05.1988Renewal fee patent year 06
11.05.1989Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[Y]   OPTICAL SPECTRA, October 1980, pages 41-42 [Y]
 [Y]   INSTRUMENTS & CONTROL SYSTEMS, vol. 53, no. 5, May 1980, pages 49-50, Radnor, PA., USA [Y]
 [A]   OPTICAL COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE, 17th-19th September 1979, pages 9.4-1 - 9.4-4, Amsterdam, NL. [A]
 [A]   IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 22, no. 12, May 1980, pages 5288-5290, New York, USA [A]
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