| EP0095280 - Fiber optic connector having lens [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been refused Status updated on 26.01.1990 Database last updated on 09.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.07.2007 | Change - inventor | published 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 date | 83302651.1 | 11.05.1983 | [1983/48] | Priority number, date | US19820381480 | 24.05.1982 Original published format: US 381480 | [1983/48] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0095280 | Date: | 30.11.1983 | Language: | EN | [1983/48] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 06.10.1983 | Classification | IPC: | G02B7/26 | [1983/48] | CPC: |
G02B6/322 (EP,US);
G02B6/421 (EP,US);
G02B6/4292 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1983/48] | Title | German: | 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 procedure | 04.05.1984 | Examination requested [1984/29] | 01.04.1985 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 26.07.1985 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 19.03.1986 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 19.07.1986 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 10.02.1987 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [1990/11] | 13.01.1990 | Application refused, date of legal effect [1990/11] | Appeal following examination | 06.04.1987 | Appeal received No. T0240/87 | 09.06.1987 | Statement of grounds filed | 12.08.1988 | Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M02) [1988/33] | 17.10.1988 | Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [1988/42] | 18.01.1989 | Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M04) [1989/03] | 22.05.1989 | Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [1989/21] | 17.08.1989 | Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M02) [1989/33] | 12.10.1989 | Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [1989/41] | 08.12.1989 | Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant was rejected | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.05.1985 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 20.05.1986 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 15.05.1987 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 10.05.1988 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 11.05.1989 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | 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] |