AU3570999A - Illumination device and method for making the same - Google Patents
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- AU3570999A AU3570999A AU35709/99A AU3570999A AU3570999A AU 3570999 A AU3570999 A AU 3570999A AU 35709/99 A AU35709/99 A AU 35709/99A AU 3570999 A AU3570999 A AU 3570999A AU 3570999 A AU3570999 A AU 3570999A
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- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/04—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings formed by bundles of fibres
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- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
- G02B6/0005—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the light guides being of the fibre type
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B33—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
- B33Y—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
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- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
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- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
- G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US09203951 | 1998-12-02 | ||
| US09/203,951 US6618530B1 (en) | 1998-12-02 | 1998-12-02 | Apparatus for transporting and distributing light using multiple light fibers |
| PCT/US1999/008641 WO2000033112A1 (en) | 1998-12-02 | 1999-04-20 | Illumination device and method for making the same |
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| AU3570999A true AU3570999A (en) | 2000-06-19 |
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| AU35709/99A Abandoned AU3570999A (en) | 1998-12-02 | 1999-04-20 | Illumination device and method for making the same |
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| US (1) | US6618530B1 (enExample) |
| EP (1) | EP1171787A1 (enExample) |
| JP (1) | JP2002531867A (enExample) |
| AU (1) | AU3570999A (enExample) |
| WO (1) | WO2000033112A1 (enExample) |
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1999
- 1999-04-20 AU AU35709/99A patent/AU3570999A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1999-04-20 JP JP2000585695A patent/JP2002531867A/ja active Pending
- 1999-04-20 EP EP99917638A patent/EP1171787A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1999-04-20 WO PCT/US1999/008641 patent/WO2000033112A1/en not_active Ceased
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| WO2000033112A1 (en) | 2000-06-08 |
| JP2002531867A (ja) | 2002-09-24 |
| EP1171787A1 (en) | 2002-01-16 |
| US6618530B1 (en) | 2003-09-09 |
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| MK5 | Application lapsed section 142(2)(e) - patent request and compl. specification not accepted |