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EP0635140
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0635140
| EP0635140 - ONE BY EIGHT OPTICAL FIBER COUPLER [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1995/04] | LOW COST ONE BY EIGHT SINGLEMODE OPTICAL FIBER COUPLER | ||
| [1998/40] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.08.2000 Database last updated on 29.06.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.12.2002 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): NL | published on 12.02.2003 [2003/07] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Thomas & Betts International, Inc. 250 Lillard Drive Sparks Nevada 89431 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/39] | For all designated states Thomas & Betts International, Inc. 250 Lillard Drive Sparks, Nevada 89431 / US | ||
| Former [1995/04] | For all designated states ASTER CORPORATION 113 Cedar Street Milford, MA 01751 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
STOWE, David, W. 4 Woodfall Road Medfield, MA 02052 / US | 02 /
CAMPBELL, Daniel, R. 18 Adams Street Medfield, MA 02052 / US | [1995/04] | Representative(s) | Deans, Michael John Percy, et al Marks & Clerk LLP 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1995/04] | Deans, Michael John Percy, et al Lloyd Wise, Tregear & CO. Norman House 105-109 Strand London WC2R OAE / GB | Application number, filing date | 92909115.5 | 05.03.1992 | [1995/04] | WO1992US01707 | Priority number, date | US19910664810 | 05.03.1991 Original published format: US 664810 | [1995/04] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9215908 | Date: | 17.09.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/24] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0635140 | Date: | 25.01.1995 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.09.1992 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1995/04] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0635140 | Date: | 06.10.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/40] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 17.09.1992 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 10.10.1994 | Classification | IPC: | G02B6/34, G02B6/28 | [1995/04] | CPC: |
G02B6/2856 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1995/04] | Title | German: | 1X8 OPTISCHER FASERKOPPLER | [1998/40] | English: | ONE BY EIGHT OPTICAL FIBER COUPLER | [1998/40] | French: | COUPLEUR DE FIBRES OPTIQUES 1x8 | [1998/40] |
| Former [1995/04] | PREISGÜNSTIGER 1X8 MONOMODE OPTISCHER FASERKOPPLER | ||
| Former [1995/04] | LOW COST ONE BY EIGHT SINGLEMODE OPTICAL FIBER COUPLER | ||
| Former [1995/04] | COUPLEUR DE FIBRES OPTIQUES MONOMODE 1x8, A FAIBLE COUT | Entry into regional phase | 05.10.1993 | National basic fee paid | 05.10.1993 | Search fee paid | 05.10.1993 | Designation fee(s) paid | 05.10.1993 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 03.09.1992 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 05.10.1993 | Examination requested [1995/04] | 26.09.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 06.04.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 25.09.1998 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 18.01.1999 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 19.04.1999 | Fee for grant paid | 19.04.1999 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 07.07.2000 | No opposition filed within time limit [2000/38] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.02.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.03.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 29.03.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 12.03.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 10.03.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 22.02.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 20.04.1993 | AT M01 Not yet paid | 20.04.1993 | BE M01 Not yet paid | 20.04.1993 | DK M01 Not yet paid | 20.04.1993 | GR M01 Not yet paid | 20.04.1993 | LU M01 Not yet paid | 20.04.1993 | MC M01 Not yet paid |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CH | 06.10.1999 | LI | 06.10.1999 | NL | 06.10.1999 | SE | 06.10.1999 | [2003/07] |
| Former [2002/23] | CH | 06.10.1999 | |
| LI | 06.10.1999 | ||
| SE | 06.10.1999 | ||
| Former [2000/52] | CH | 06.10.1999 | |
| LI | 06.10.1999 | ||
| Former [2000/50] | CH | 11.01.2000 | |
| LI | 11.01.2000 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]GB2125184 (PHILIPS NV) [A] 1,3,5,8 * page 1, line 41 - line 86 ** figure 1 *; | [A]WO9011540 (BRITISH TELECOMM [GB]) [A] 1,3,5,8 * page 14, line 9 - page 15, line 3 * * figure 11 *; | [A]GB2231412 (HITACHI CABLE [JP], et al) [A] 1,3,5,8 * page 6, line 14 - page 7, line 14 * * figure 1B * | [A] - Y. CAI ET AL., "A Novel 1 x 8 Optical Power Splitter Using Tapered Waveguide Coupling", IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, NEW YORK US, (199102), vol. 3, no. 2, pages 161 - 163 [A] 1,3,5,8 * the whole article * | International search | [A]US4360248 (BICKEL GARY W, et al); | [A]US4400055 (OZEKI TAKESHI [JP], et al); | [A]US4556279 (SHAW HERBERT J [US], et al); | [A]US4708424 (MARHIC MICHEL [US]); | [A]US4772085 (MOORE DOUGLAS R [US], et al); | [A]US4836644 (EISENMANN MICHAEL [DE], et al); | [A]US4907851 (MARHIC MICHEL E [US]); | [XA]US4986620 (SEVERIJNS ADRIANUS P [NL], et al) |