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EP0974076 - METHOD OF PRODUCING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL ELEMENT THEREFROM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.05.2004 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	15.08.2008	Change - applicant	published on 17.09.2008 [2008/38]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Corning Incorporated 1 Riverfront Plaza Corning, NY 14831 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2008/38]	For all designated states Corning Incorporated 1 Riverfront Plaza Corning NY 14831 / US
Former [2002/04]	For all designated states Corning Incorporated 1 Riverside Plaza Corning, New York 14831 / US
Former [2000/04]	For all designated states AlliedSignal Inc. 101 Columbia Road, P.O. Box 2245 Morristown, New Jersey 07962-2245 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / XU, Chengzeng 51 Mapledale Avenue Succasunna, NJ 07876 / US
	02 / WU, Chengjiu 4 Treetop Terrace Morristown, NJ 07960 / US
	03 / STENGEL, Kelly, M., T. 905 Waterbury Road Thomaston, CT 06787 / US
	04 / SHACKLETTE, Lawrence, W. 11 Alden Place Maplewood, NJ 07040 / US
	05 / ELDADA, Louay 38 Piersons Hill Road Randolph New jersey 07869 / US
	06 / YARDLEY, James, T. 40 Macculloch Avenue Morristown, NJ 07960 / US
	[2001/50]
Former [2000/15]	01 / XU, Chengzeng 51 Mapledale Avenue Succasunna, NJ 07876 / US
	02 / WU, Chengjiu 4 Treetop Terrace Morristown, NJ 07960 / US
	03 / STENGEL, Kelly, M., T. 29 Boyden Parkway South Maplewood, NJ 07040 / US
	04 / SHACKLETTE, Lawrence, W. 11 Alden Place Maplewood, NJ 07040 / US
	05 / ELDADA, Louay 38 Piersons Hill Road Randolph New jersey 07869 / US
	06 / YARDLEY, James, T. 40 Macculloch Avenue Morristown, NJ 07960 / US
Former [2000/04]	01 / XU, Chengzeng 51 Mapledale Avenue Succasunna, NJ 07876 / US
	02 / WU, Chengjiu 4 Treetop Terrace Morristown, NJ 07960 / US
	03 / STENGEL, Kelly, M., T. 29 Boyden Parkway South Maplewood, NJ 07040 / US
	04 / SHACKLETTE, Lawrence, W. 11 Alden Place Maplewood, NJ 07040 / US
	05 / ELDADA, Louay 20 Lakeside Drive Rockaway, NJ 07866 / US
	06 / YARDLEY, James, T. 40 Macculloch Avenue Morristown, NJ 07960 / US
Representative(s)	Hucker, Charlotte Jane Gill Jennings & Every LLP The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street London EC2A 2ES / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2000/04]	Hucker, Charlotte Jane Gill Jennings & Every Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB
Application number, filing date	98913034.9	23.03.1998
	[2000/04]
	WO1998US05609
Priority number, date	US19970838344	08.04.1997 Original published format: US 838344
	[2000/04]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9845759
	Date:	15.10.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/41]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0974076
	Date:	26.01.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.10.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/04]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0974076
	Date:	23.07.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/30]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	15.10.1998
Classification	IPC:	G03F7/00, G02B6/12	[2000/04]
	CPC:	G03F7/001 (EP,US); G03F7/7015 (KR); G02B6/1221 (EP,US); G03F7/70191 (KR); G03F7/70225 (KR); G03F7/70308 (KR); (+) G03F7/70316 (KR); G03F7/0035 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, DE, DK, FR, GB, IT, NL [2000/04]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES OPTISCHEN ELEMENTS UND OPTISCHES ELEMENT DARAUS	[2000/04]
	English:	METHOD OF PRODUCING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL ELEMENT THEREFROM	[2000/04]
	French:	PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION D'UN ELEMENT OPTIQUE ET ELEMENT OPTIQUE AINSI OBTENU	[2000/04]
Entry into regional phase	07.10.1999	National basic fee paid
	07.10.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	07.10.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	05.11.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	07.10.1999	Examination requested [2000/04]
	29.01.2003	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	20.05.2003	Fee for grant paid
	20.05.2003	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	26.04.2004	No opposition filed within time limit [2004/29]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	07.10.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	05.03.2001	Renewal fee patent year 04
	04.03.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
	05.03.2003	Renewal fee patent year 06
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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	AT	23.07.2003
	IT	23.07.2003
	NL	23.07.2003
	DK	23.10.2003
	[2008/15]
Former [2004/29]	AT	23.07.2003
	NL	23.07.2003
	DK	23.10.2003
Former [2004/14]	AT	23.07.2003
	NL	23.07.2003
Former [2004/13]	NL	23.07.2003
Cited in	International search	[A]JPH02273703 ;
		[A]JPS62209401 ;
		[A]JPH03241302 ;
		[A]JPH06214274 ;
		[DA]US4609252 (WONG SHI-YIN [US], et al);
		[A]US4828359 (UEBA YOSHINOBU [JP], et al);
		[A]US5046800 (BLYLER JR LEE L [US], et al) [A] 2,7,11 * claims 1,8 *;
		[A]US5104771 (MURRAY ROBERT T [GB], et al) [A] 1,4,5 * claim 1 *;
		[DA]US5136682 (MOYER WENDELL W [US], et al);
		[A]US5483612 (GALLAGHER DANIEL [US], et al) [A] 6 * column 2, line 41 - column 3, line 15; claims 1,2 *;
		[A] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 90, no. 51, Database accession no. 90-379491, XP002070947 & JPH02273703 A 00000000 (TEIJIN LTD) [A] 1,6 * abstract *
		[A] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 87, no. 42, Database accession no. 87-296585, XP002070948 & JPS62209401 A 00000000 (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC IND CO) [A] 1,6 * abstract *
		[A] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 91, no. 49, Database accession no. 91-358661, XP002070949 & JPH03241302 A 00000000 (NOK CORP) [A] 1,6 * abstract *
		[A] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 94, no. 36, Database accession no. 94-288170, XP002070950 & JPH06214274 A 00000000 (NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP) [A] * abstract *

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