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EP0706669 - OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH THERMALLY-STABLE PHOTOPOLYMER COMPOSITION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1996/16]	THERMALLY-STABLE PHOTOPOLYMER COMPOSITION AND LIGHT TRANSMISSIVE DEVICE
	[1999/38]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 11.05.2001 Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	26.12.2003	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): GR	published on 11.02.2004 [2004/07]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Corning Incorporated 1 Riverfront Plaza Corning, NY 14831 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2001/24]	For all designated states CORNING INCORPORATED 1 Riverfront Plaza Corning, N.Y. 14831 / US
Former [1996/16]	For all designated states AlliedSignal Inc. 101 Columbia Road, P.O. Box 2245 Morristown, New Jersey 07962-2245 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / WU, Chengjiu 4 Tree Top Terrace Morristown, NJ 07960 / US
	02 / MCFARLAND, Michael, James 148 Musconetcong River Road Washington, NJ 07882 / US
	03 / BEESON, Karl, Wayne 197 Dodds Lane Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
	[1996/16]
Representative(s)	Charlton, Peter John, et al Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2001/17]	Charlton, Peter John, et al Elkington and Fife Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
Former [2000/42]	Boon, Graham Anthony, et al Elkington and Fife, Prospect House, 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
Former [1996/18]	Hucker, Charlotte Jane, et al Gill Jennings & Every Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB
Former [1996/16]	Lawrence, Peter Robin Broughton GILL JENNINGS & EVERY, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB
Application number, filing date	94921427.4	30.06.1994
	[1996/16]
	WO1994US07368
Priority number, date	US19930086219	01.07.1993 Original published format: US 86219
	[1996/16]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO9501579
	Date:	12.01.1995
	[1995/03]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0706669
	Date:	17.04.1996
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.01.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1996/16]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0706669
	Date:	12.07.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/28]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	16.02.1995
Classification	IPC:	G02B1/04, G02B6/12	[1996/16]
	CPC:	G02B6/138 (EP,US); G02B1/045 (EP,US); G02B6/1221 (EP,US); G02B6/13 (EP,US)
	C-Set:	G02B1/045, C08L33/06 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1996/16]
Title	German:	OPTISCHES ELEMENT MIT THERMISCH STABILER PHOTOPOLYMER ZUSAMMENSETZUNG	[1999/38]
	English:	OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH THERMALLY-STABLE PHOTOPOLYMER COMPOSITION	[1999/38]
	French:	ELEMENT OPTIQUE AVEC COMPOSITION PHOTOPOLYMERE THERMIQUEMENT STABLE	[1999/38]
	Former [1996/16]	THERMISCH STABILE PHOTOPOLYMER ZUSAMMENSETZUNG UND LICHTDURCHLÄSSIGE VORRICHTUNG
	Former [1996/16]	THERMALLY-STABLE PHOTOPOLYMER COMPOSITION AND LIGHT TRANSMISSIVE DEVICE
	Former [1996/16]	COMPOSITION PHOTOPOLYMERE THERMIQUEMENT STABLE ET DISPOSITIF DE TRANSMISSION DE LUMIERE
Entry into regional phase	18.12.1995	National basic fee paid
	18.12.1995	Designation fee(s) paid
	18.12.1995	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	18.01.1995	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	18.12.1995	Examination requested [1996/16]
	21.08.1997	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	26.02.1998	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	13.08.1999	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	11.01.2000	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	23.03.2000	Fee for grant paid
	23.03.2000	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	13.04.2001	No opposition filed within time limit [2001/26]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	18.12.1995	Renewal fee patent year 03
	05.06.1997	Renewal fee patent year 04
	05.06.1998	Renewal fee patent year 05
	04.06.1999	Renewal fee patent year 06
	07.04.2000	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	12.07.2000
	BE	12.07.2000
	CH	12.07.2000
	ES	12.07.2000
	GR	12.07.2000
	LI	12.07.2000
	NL	12.07.2000
	DK	12.10.2000
	PT	12.10.2000
	[2004/07]
Former [2003/45]	AT	12.07.2000
	BE	12.07.2000
	CH	12.07.2000
	ES	12.07.2000
	LI	12.07.2000
	NL	12.07.2000
	DK	12.10.2000
	PT	12.10.2000
Former [2003/08]	AT	12.07.2000
	BE	12.07.2000
	CH	12.07.2000
	ES	12.07.2000
	LI	12.07.2000
	NL	12.07.2000
	PT	12.10.2000
Former [2002/26]	AT	12.07.2000
	BE	12.07.2000
	CH	12.07.2000
	ES	12.07.2000
	LI	12.07.2000
	PT	12.10.2000
Former [2002/02]	AT	12.07.2000
	BE	12.07.2000
	CH	12.07.2000
	LI	12.07.2000
	PT	12.10.2000
Former [2001/22]	AT	12.07.2000
	BE	12.07.2000
	PT	12.10.2000
Former [2001/18]	AT	12.07.2000
	PT	12.10.2000
Former [2001/17]	AT	12.07.2000
Cited in	International search	[X] JPS6381301
		[X] DATABASE WPI Derwent World Patents Index; AN 88-138074 [X] 1 * abstract *

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