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EP0307451 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING THE DIRECTION OF AN ATOMIC BEAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.06.1992
Database last updated on 28.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.06.1992No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 22.07.1992 [1992/30]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hughes Aircraft Company
7200 Hughes Terrace P.O. Box 45066
Los Angeles, California 90045-0066 / US
[N/P]
Former [1990/33]For all designated states
Hughes Aircraft Company
7200 Hughes Terrace P.O. Box 45066
Los Angeles, California 90045-0066 / US
Former [1989/35]For all designated states
Hughes Aircraft Company
7200 Hughes Terrace P.O.Box 45066
Los Angeles California 90045-0066 / US
Former [1989/12]For all designated states
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY
7200 Hughes Terrace
Los Angeles, California 90502 / US
Inventor(s)01 / STEEL, Duncan, G.
4548 Breezewood Ct.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103 / US
02 / TURLEY, R., Steven
119 Cathy Drive
Newbury Park, CA 91320 / US
[1989/12]
Representative(s)Winter, Brandl - Partnerschaft mbB
Alois-Steinecker-Straße 22
85354 Freising / DE
[N/P]
Former [1989/35]KUHNEN, WACKER & PARTNER
Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
D-85354 Freising / DE
Former [1989/12]KUHNEN, WACKER & PARTNER
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsbüro, Alois-Steineckerstrasse 22
D-85354 Freising / DE
Application number, filing date88903471.625.01.1988
[1989/12]
WO1988US00187
Priority number, dateUS1987002384409.03.1987         Original published format: US 23844
[1989/12]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8807210
Date:22.09.1988
Language:EN
[1988/21]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0307451
Date:22.03.1989
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.09.1988 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1989/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0307451
Date:31.07.1991
Language:EN
[1991/31]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP22.09.1988
ClassificationIPC:G01T1/29
[1989/12]
CPC:
G01N21/6402 (EP,US); G01T1/2907 (EP,US); G01J3/4338 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1989/12]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR ORTUNG DER RICHTUNG EINES ATOMSTRAHLES[1989/12]
English:APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING THE DIRECTION OF AN ATOMIC BEAM[1989/12]
French:APPAREIL ET PROCEDE DE LOCALISATION DE LA DIRECTION D'UN FAISCEAU ATOMIQUE[1989/12]
Entry into regional phase22.09.1988National basic fee paid 
22.09.1988Designation fee(s) paid 
22.09.1988Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.09.1988Examination requested  [1989/12]
29.05.1990Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.09.1990Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.10.1990Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
31.01.1991Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.05.1991Fee for grant paid
10.05.1991Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.05.1992No opposition filed within time limit [1992/30]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.12.1989Renewal fee patent year 03
17.12.1990Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[A]  - Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 15, no. 1, January 1985 American Institute of Physics (US) M.J. Verheijen et al.: "Accurate (0.25mrad) perpendicular alignment of a continuous-wave single-mode dye laser beam and an atomic beam", pages 62-65
 [A]  - Journal of Physics E. Scientific Instruments, vol. 15, no. 11, November 1982 (Dorking, GB) M.J. Verheijen et al.: "An atomic-beam set-up for 0.5 MHz absolute frequency stabilisation of a single-mode CW dye laser", pages 1198-1206
 [A]  - Optics Letters, vol. 5, no. 1, January 1980, Optical Society of America (US) G.C. Bjorklund: "Frequency-modulation spectroscopy: a new method for measuring weak absorptions and dispersions" pages 15-17
 [A]  - Applied Physics Letters, vol. 39, no. 9, 1 November 1981 American Institute of Physics (US) J.L. Hall et al.: "Optical heterodyne saturation spectroscopy", pages 680-682
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