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EP0228434 - OPTICAL COUPLING ASSEMBLY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.10.1991
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip31.10.1991No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 18.12.1991 [1991/51]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
81 Newgate Street
London EC1A 7AJ / GB
[1987/29]
Inventor(s)01 / WEBB, Roderick, Peter
Shimaker Cottage Stone Common
Blaxhall Woodbridge, Suffolk / GB
[1987/29]
Representative(s)Greenwood, John David, et al
British Telecom
Intellectual Property Unit
151 Gower Street
London
WC1 6BA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1989/06]Greenwood, John David, et al
British Telecom Intellectual Property Unit 151 Gower Street
London WC1E 6BA / GB
Former [1988/52]Pratt, David Martin
Intellectual Property Unit British Telecom 151 Gower Street
London WC1E 6BA / GB
Former [1987/29]Wolff, Eric
BRITISH TELECOM Intellectual Property Unit 13th Floor 151 Gower Street
London WC1E 6BA / GB
Application number, filing date86904238.218.06.1986
[1987/29]
WO1986GB00352
Priority number, dateGB1985001558319.06.1985         Original published format: GB 8515583
GB1985001550019.06.1985         Original published format: GB 8515500
[1987/29]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8607642
Date:31.12.1986
Language:EN
[1986/28]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0228434
Date:15.07.1987
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.12.1986 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1987/29]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0228434
Date:27.12.1990
Language:EN
[1990/52]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP31.12.1986
ClassificationIPC:G02F1/21, H04B10/00, H01S3/05
[1990/52]
CPC:
G02F1/3517 (EP,US); H04B10/25891 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1987/29]G02F1/21, H01S3/06, H04B9/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1987/29]
TitleGerman:OPTISCHE KOPPLUNGSANORDNUNG[1987/29]
English:OPTICAL COUPLING ASSEMBLY[1987/29]
French:ENSEMBLE DE COUPLAGE OPTIQUE[1987/29]
Entry into regional phase22.01.1987National basic fee paid 
22.01.1987Designation fee(s) paid 
22.01.1987Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.01.1987Examination requested  [1987/29]
16.02.1990Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
15.06.1990Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.09.1990Fee for grant paid
10.09.1990Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.09.1991No opposition filed within time limit [1991/51]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.04.1988Renewal fee patent year 03
05.05.1989Renewal fee patent year 04
03.05.1990Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational searchUS3691387  [ ] (DELANGE OWEN EDWARD);
 US3908121  [ ] (RISEBERG LESLIE A, et al);
 EP0143561  [ ] (UNIV LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR [US])
 [A]  - Electronics Letters, Vol. 19, No. 14, 7 July 1983 (London, GB) R. WYATT et al.: "1,52 mum PSK Heterodyne Experiment Featuring an External Cavity Diode Laser Local Oscillator", pages 550-552, see especially figure 1
 [A]  - Electronics Letters, Vol. 18, No. 5, 4 March 1982 (New York, US) S. KOBAYASHI et al.: "Optical Phase Modulation in an Injection Locked AlGaAs Semiconductor Laser", pages 210-211, see especially figure 1
 [A]  - Laser and Optoelektronik, Vol. 16, No. 1, February 1984 (Stuttgart, DE) R. KIST et al.: "Faser- und Integriert-Optische Monomode-Sensoren: Eine Ubersicht", pages 17-30, see especially figures 1, 5-6
Examination   - Electronics Letters, vol. 18, no. 5, 4. March 1982 NEW YORK, US; S.Kobayashi et al.:"Optical phase modulation in an injection locked A1GaAs semiconductor laser", pages 210-211
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