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EP0817988
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0817988 - POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE, ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.10.2002 Database last updated on 21.05.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 11.01.2008 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 13.02.2008 [2008/07] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Hughes Electronics Corporation 200 N. Sepulveda Boulevard El Segundo California 90245-0956 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2001/51] | For all designated states Hughes Electronics Corporation 200 N. Sepulveda Boulevard El Segundo, California 90245-0956 / US | ||
| Former [1998/44] | For all designated states Hughes Electronics Corporation 200N. Sepulveda Boulevard El Segundo, California 90245-0956 / US | ||
| Former [1998/03] | For all designated states HE HOLDINGS, INC. dba HUGHES ELECTRONICS 7200 Hughes Terrace Los Angeles, CA 90045-0066 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SCHAFFNER, James, H. 9960 Owensmouth Avenue 8 Chatsworth, CA 91311 / US | 02 /
YAP, Daniel 1824 Sweet Briar Place Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 / US | [1998/03] | Representative(s) | Witte, Alexander, et al Witte, Weller, Gahlert, Otten & Steil, Patentanwälte, Rotebühlstrasse 121 70178 Stuttgart / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/03] | Witte, Alexander, Dr.-Ing., et al Witte, Weller, Gahlert, Otten & Steil, Patentanwälte, Rotebühlstrasse 121 70178 Stuttgart / DE | Application number, filing date | 97902080.7 | 24.01.1997 | [1998/03] | WO1997US01144 | Priority number, date | US19960591997 | 26.01.1996 Original published format: US 591997 | [1998/03] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9727511 | Date: | 31.07.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/33] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0817988 | Date: | 14.01.1998 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.07.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1998/03] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0817988 | Date: | 19.12.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/51] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 31.07.1997 | Classification | IPC: | G02F1/225 | [1998/03] | CPC: |
G02F1/225 (EP,KR,US);
G02F1/065 (EP,KR,US);
G02F2203/06 (EP,KR,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE [1998/03] | Title | German: | POLARISATIONSUNABHÄNGIGER ELEKTROOPTISCHER MODULATOR | [1998/03] | English: | POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE, ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR | [1998/03] | French: | MODULATEUR ELECTRO-OPTIQUE NON AFFECTE PAR LA POLARISATION | [1998/03] | Entry into regional phase | 27.10.1997 | National basic fee paid | 27.10.1997 | Designation fee(s) paid | 15.01.1998 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 15.01.1998 | Examination requested [1998/12] | 12.07.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08) | 26.02.2000 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.03.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 27.06.2001 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 15.09.2001 | Fee for grant paid | 15.09.2001 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 20.09.2002 | No opposition filed within time limit [2002/50] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 18.12.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 20.12.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 19.12.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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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 | IT | 19.12.2001 | NL | 19.12.2001 | SE | 19.03.2002 | [2008/07] |
| Former [2003/09] | NL | 19.12.2001 | |
| SE | 19.03.2002 | ||
| Former [2002/27] | SE | 19.03.2002 | Cited in | International search | [XY]US4936645 (YOON HYUN-NAM [US], et al) [X] 1-12 * the whole document * [Y] 13-18; | [Y]US5278923 (NAZARATHY MOSHE [US], et al) [Y] 13-18* the whole document *; | [Y] - STALLARD W A ET AL, LiNbO/sub 3/ optical frequency translators for coherent optical fibre systems, ISBN 3-540-15537-6, 1985, BERLIN, WEST GERMANY, SPRINGER-VERLAG, WEST GERMANY, PAGE(S) 164 - 168, INTEGRATED OPTICS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD EUROPEAN CONFERENCE, ECIO '85, BERLIN, WEST GERMANY, 6-8 MAY 1985, XP002030504 [Y] 13-18 * figure 1B * |