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EP0436925 - Optical modulator [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.06.1997
Database last updated on 26.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip20.06.1997No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 06.08.1997 [1997/32]
Applicant(s)For:DE 
Alcatel SEL Aktiengesellschaft
Lorenzstrasse 10
70435 Stuttgart / DE
For:BE  CH  ES  FR  GB  IT  LI  NL  SE  AT 
Alcatel N.V.
Strawinskylaan 341, (World Trade Center)
NL-1077 XX Amsterdam / NL
[N/P]
Former [1993/09]For:DE 
Alcatel SEL Aktiengesellschaft
Lorenzstrasse 10
D-70435 Stuttgart / DE
For:BE  CH  ES  FR  GB  IT  LI  NL  SE  AT 
ALCATEL N.V.
Strawinskylaan 341, (World Trade Center)
NL-1077 XX Amsterdam / NL
Former [1991/29]For:DE 
Alcatel SEL Aktiengesellschaft
Lorenzstrasse 10
D-7000 Stuttgart 40 / DE
For:BE  CH  ES  FR  GB  IT  LI  NL  SE  AT 
ALCATEL N.V.
Strawinskylaan 341, (World Trade Center)
NL-1077 XX Amsterdam / NL
Inventor(s)01 / Kersten, Peter, Dr.
Neuköllner Strasse 8
W-7250 Leonberg / DE
02 / Wieder, Andreas
Olgastrasse 116
W-7000 Stuttgart 1 / DE
03 / Hanisch, Helmut
Am langen Hag 15
W-7440 Nürtingen / DE
[1991/29]
Representative(s)Pohl, Herbert, et al
Alcatel Alsthom, Intellectual Property Department, P.O. Box 30 09 29
70449 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [1991/29]Pohl, Herbert, Dipl.-Ing, et al
Alcatel SEL AG Patent- und Lizenzwesen Postfach 30 09 29
D-70449 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date90125404.524.12.1990
[1991/29]
Priority number, dateDE1990400061611.01.1990         Original published format: DE 4000616
[1991/29]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0436925
Date:17.07.1991
Language:DE
[1991/29]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0436925
Date:15.04.1992
Language:DE
[1992/16]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0436925
Date:14.08.1996
Language:DE
[1996/33]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.02.1992
ClassificationIPC:G02F1/29, G02F1/01
[1992/16]
CPC:
G02F1/361 (EP); G02F1/292 (US)
Former IPC [1991/29]G02F1/29
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1991/29]
TitleGerman:Optischer Modulator[1991/29]
English:Optical modulator[1991/29]
French:Modulateur optique[1991/29]
Examination procedure11.04.1992Examination requested  [1992/24]
27.01.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.06.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.11.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.04.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.09.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
01.02.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
22.04.1996Fee for grant paid
22.04.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)15.05.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/32]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.12.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
17.12.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
05.12.1994Renewal fee patent year 05
21.12.1995Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0021967  (THOMSON CSF [FR])
 [A]  - JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS. Bd. 64, Nr. 5, September 1988, NEW YORK US Seiten 2749 - 2751; J.R. HILL ET AL.: 'Demonstration of the linear electro-optic effect in a thermopoled polymer film'
 [A]  - SPIE,VOL 971 PROCEEDINGS "NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC MATERIALS" 1988 Seiten 218 - 229; R. LYTEL ET AL.: 'Organic electro-optic waveguide modulators and switches'
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