EP0798884A3

An optical data communication system

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Citations
Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP0490054A1	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	Y	Search report	2
US3809815A	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	10
US4190318A	Cites	United States of America	XY	Search report	1,3-6,13-16
US4753506A	Cites	United States of America	Y	Search report	7,8
US4837556A	Cites	United States of America	Y	Search report	17-19
WO9010979A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	Y	Search report	11,12
ANONYMOUS: "optoelectronic transmission system for rotary machines", RESEARCH DISCLOSURE, vol. 165, no. 16503, January 1978 (1978-01-01), HAVANT, GB, XP002080646	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–

4 members in 3 offices

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Priority claims
Document	Office	Kind	Date
960251	Ireland	A	1996-03-27
IE19960000251	–	–	–

Members4

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Document	Office	Kind
EP0798884A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	1997-10-01
IE970237A1	Ireland	A1	1997-10-08
EP0798884A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	1998-12-23
US6031949A	United States of America	A	2000-02-29

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	Event	Code
2005-02-09	Application deemed to be withdrawnWithdrawn18D	18D
2004-12-24	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWNSTAA	STAA
2003-07-30	First examination report despatched17Q	17Q
1999-05-26	Request for examination filed17P	17P
1998-12-23	Designated contracting statesAK	AK
1998-11-06	Search report despatchedORIGINAL CODE: 0009013PUAL	PUAL
1997-10-01	Designated contracting statesAK	AK
1997-08-15	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI