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EP0121962 - Apparatus for optically coupling light guides [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.08.1991
Database last updated on 12.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.09.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 31.10.2007  [2007/44]
Applicant(s)For:FR 
LABORATOIRES D'ELECTRONIQUE PHILIPS
3, Avenue Descartes
94450 Limeil-Brévannes / FR
For:DE  GB  IT  SE 
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
Groenewoudseweg 1
5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
[N/P]
Former [1990/03]For:FR 
LABORATOIRES D'ELECTRONIQUE PHILIPS
3, Avenue Descartes
F-94450 Limeil-Brévannes / FR
For:DE  GB  IT  SE 
Philips Electronics N.V.
Groenewoudseweg 1
NL-5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
Former [1984/42]For:FR 
LABORATOIRES D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE PHYSIQUE APPLIQUEE L.E.P.
3, Avenue Descartes
F-94450 Limeil-Brévannes / FR
For:DE  GB  IT  SE 
Philips Electronics N.V.
Groenewoudseweg 1
NL-5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
Inventor(s)01 / Hily, Claude Emile
Société Civile S.P.I.D. 209 Rue de L'Université
F-75007 Paris / FR
02 / Le Bris, Jean
Société Civile S.P.I.D. 209 Rue de L'Université
F-75007 Paris / FR
03 / Cabanie, Jean-Pierre
Société Civile S.P.I.D. 209 Rue de L'Université
F-75007 Paris / FR
[1984/42]
Representative(s)Landousy, Christian, et al
Philips IP&S France Société Civile SPID 33 rue de Verdun BP 313
92156 Suresnes Cedex / FR
[N/P]
Former [1984/42]Landousy, Christian, et al
Société Civile S.P.I.D. 156, Boulevard Haussmann
F-75008 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date84200313.906.03.1984
[1984/42]
Priority number, dateFR1983000404211.03.1983         Original published format: FR 8304042
[1984/42]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0121962
Date:17.10.1984
Language:FR
[1984/42]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0121962
Date:19.11.1987
Language:FR
[1987/47]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0121962
Date:03.10.1990
Language:FR
[1990/40]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.09.1987
ClassificationIPC:G02B6/34
[1987/46]
CPC:
G02B6/29362 (EP,US); G02B6/2937 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1984/42]G02B7/26
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   SE [1984/42]
TitleGerman:Vorrichtung zur optischen Kopplung zwischen Lichtwellenleitern[1984/42]
English:Apparatus for optically coupling light guides[1984/42]
French:Dispositif de couplage optique entre des guides d'onde lumineuse[1984/42]
File destroyed:15.01.2000
Examination procedure02.05.1988Examination requested  [1988/27]
12.07.1988Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
10.01.1989Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.05.1989Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
20.09.1989Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.12.1989Fee for grant paid
20.12.1989Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)04.07.1991No opposition filed within time limit [1991/39]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.03.1986Renewal fee patent year 03
21.03.1987Renewal fee patent year 04
24.03.1988Renewal fee patent year 05
30.03.1989Renewal fee patent year 06
27.03.1990Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGB03.10.1990
IT03.10.1990
SE03.10.1990
[1999/42]
Former [1991/41]GB03.10.1990
SE03.10.1990
Former [1991/27]SE03.10.1990
Documents cited:Search[E]EP0115443  (KAPTRON INC [US]);
 [XP]EP0080887  (KAPTRON INC [US]);
 [A]GB2096350  (WESTERN ELECTRIC CO);
 [A]EP0040706  (IBM DEUTSCHLAND [DE], et al);
 [A]US4274706  (TANGONAN GREGORY L)
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