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| EP0118467 - OPTICALLY COUPLED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ARRAY [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.08.1991 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.08.1991 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 25.09.1991 [1991/39] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Western Electric Company, Incorporated 222 Broadway New York, NY 10038 / US | [1984/38] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
COPELAND, John Alexander 1070 Green Way Dunwoody, GA 30338 / US | 02 /
MILLER, Stewart, Edward 67 Wigwam Road Locust, NJ 07760 / US | [1984/51] |
| Former [1984/44] | 01 /
COPELAND, John Alexander 1070 Green Way Fair Haven, NJ 07701 / US | ||
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MILLER, Stewart, Edward 67 Wigwam Road Locust, NJ 07760 / US | |||
| Former [1984/38] | 01 /
COPELAND, John Alexander 21 Fair Haven Road Fair Haven, NJ 07701 / US | ||
| 02 /
MILLER, Stewart, Edward 67 Wigwam Road Locust, NJ 07760 / US | Representative(s) | Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, et al Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green Essex IG8 OTU / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1990/15] | Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, Dr., et al AT&T (UK) LTD. AT&T Intellectual Property Division 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green Essex IG8 OTU / GB | ||
| Former [1984/38] | Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, Dr. AT&T (UK) Ltd. 5, Mornington Road Woodford Green Essex, IG8 0TU / GB | Application number, filing date | 83902614.3 | 22.07.1983 | [1984/38] | WO1983US01127 | Priority number, date | US19820409401 | 19.08.1982 Original published format: US 409401 | [1984/38] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO8400822 | Date: | 01.03.1984 | [1984/06] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0118467 | Date: | 19.09.1984 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.03.1984 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1984/38] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0118467 | Date: | 03.10.1990 | Language: | EN | [1990/40] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 06.11.1986 | Classification | IPC: | H01L31/12, G02B6/42, H04B10/00 | [1990/40] | CPC: |
G02B6/43 (EP,US);
H04B10/803 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1984/38] | G02B27/10 | Designated contracting states | FR [1984/38] | Title | German: | OPTISCH GEKUPPELTE INTEGRIERTE SCHALTUNGEN | [1984/38] | English: | OPTICALLY COUPLED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ARRAY | [1984/38] | French: | RESEAU DE CIRCUIT INTEGRE COUPLE OPTIQUEMENT | [1984/38] | Entry into regional phase | 10.04.1984 | National basic fee paid | 10.04.1984 | Search fee paid | 10.04.1984 | Designation fee(s) paid | 03.08.1984 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 03.08.1984 | Examination requested [1984/41] | 04.05.1988 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 05.09.1988 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 08.02.1989 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 10.06.1989 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 07.12.1989 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 06.03.1990 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.04.1990 | Fee for grant paid | 30.04.1990 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 04.07.1991 | No opposition filed within time limit [1991/39] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 17.07.1985 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 08.07.1986 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 15.07.1987 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 21.07.1988 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 19.07.1989 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 27.07.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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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 | [XP] JP5890764 | [X] ELECTRONICS, vol. 36, no. 47, 22nd November 1963, pages 23-27, New York, US; M.A. GILLEO et al.: "Optical coupling: new approach to microcircuit interconnections" [X] | [XP] PATENTS ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 7, no. 186 (E-193)[1331], 16th August 1983; & JP - A - 58 90 764 (MITSUBISHI DENKI K.K.) 30-05-1983 [XP] |