PROTECTIVE HOUSING FOR AN INTEGRATED OPTICAL COMPONENT - Patent 0821800

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EP 0 821 800 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	04.02.1998 Bulletin 1998/06

(21)	Application number: 96906405.0

(22)	Date of filing: 13.02.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G02B 6/ 30^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/001931

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/025679 (22.08.1996 Gazette 1996/38)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT NL

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Priority:

17.02.1995 FR 19950001862

(71)	Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
	Corning, N.Y. 14831 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	DANNOUX, Thierry, Luc, Alain F-77210 Avon (FR) FIRTION, Eric, Jean, Henri F-77300 Fontainebleau (FR)

(74)	Representative: Boon, Graham Anthony
	Elkington and Fife, Prospect House, 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR (GB)

(54)	PROTECTIVE HOUSING FOR AN INTEGRATED OPTICAL COMPONENT