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EP0717476
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| EP0717476 - Method and apparatus for concentrating the energy of laser diode beams [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1996/25] | Method and apparatus for concetrating the energy of laser diode beams | ||
| [1999/03] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.11.1999 Database last updated on 19.10.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 13.11.2009 | Change - representative | published on 16.12.2009 [2009/51] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states RAYTHEON COMPANY PO Box 902 2000 East El Segundo Blvd. El Segundo California 90245 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/43] | For all designated states Raytheon Company PO Box 902, 2000 El Segundo Blvd. El Segundo, California 90245 / US | ||
| Former [1996/25] | For all designated states Santa Barbara Research Center 75 Coromar Drive, B2/52 Goleta, California 93117 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Hardy, Arthur H., Jr. 1195 Camino Manadero Santa Barbara, California 93111 / US | 02 /
Gardner, Leland V. 1115 West Highway 246 Buellton, California 93427-1789 / US | [1996/25] | Representative(s) | Jackson, Richard Eric, et al Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2009/51] | Jackson, Richard Eric, et al Carpmaels & Ransford 43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB | ||
| Former [1996/25] | Jackson, Richard Eric, et al Carpmaels & Ransford, 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB | Application number, filing date | 95309023.0 | 12.12.1995 | [1996/25] | Priority number, date | US19940355878 | 13.12.1994 Original published format: US 355878 | [1996/25] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0717476 | Date: | 19.06.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/25] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0717476 | Date: | 20.01.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/03] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 19.03.1996 | Classification | IPC: | H01S3/00, H01S3/25, G02B6/42, G02B27/09 | [1996/25] | CPC: |
H01S5/4025 (EP,US);
G02B6/2817 (EP,US);
G02B6/4296 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, SE [1996/25] | Title | German: | Verfahren und Gerät zur Konzentration der Energie von Laserdiodenstrahlen | [1996/25] | English: | Method and apparatus for concentrating the energy of laser diode beams | [1999/03] | French: | Méthode et appareil pour concentrer l'énergie des faisceaux de diodes laser | [1996/25] |
| Former [1996/25] | Method and apparatus for concetrating the energy of laser diode beams | Examination procedure | 26.11.1996 | Examination requested [1997/04] | 15.12.1997 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 26.06.1998 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 17.07.1998 | Fee for grant paid | 17.07.1998 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 21.10.1999 | No opposition filed within time limit [2000/02] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 17.11.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 18.11.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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| Former [2000/12] | DE | 21.04.1999 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]JPS61272707 ; | [A]US4688884 (SCIFRES DONALD R [US], et al) [A] 1-10 * the whole document * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19870423), vol. 011, no. 129, Database accession no. (P - 570), & JP61272707 A 19861203 (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP) [A] 1,3,4,6,8 * abstract * | [A] - "EFFICIENT FIBER COUPLER USING AN ELLIPSOIDAL REFLECTOR", IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, (19920301), vol. 34, no. 10A, pages 264 - 265, XP000302298 [A] 1,2,6,7,9 * the whole document * | [A] - WEIQUN CHEN ET AL, "DESIGN APPROACHES FOR LASER-DIODE MATERIAL-PROCESSING SYSTEMS USING FIBERS AND MICRO-OPTICS", OPTICAL ENGINEERING, (19941101), vol. 33, no. 11, pages 3662 - 3669, XP000475111 [A] 1,3,6,8,10 * paragraph [04.3] * * paragraph [04.5]; figures 5,6,8 * |