METHOD FOR MAKING A HERMETICALLY SEALED PACKAGE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE OPTICAL FIBRE FEEDTHROUGH - Patent 0909400

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EP 0 909 400 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.04.1999 Bulletin 1999/16

(21)	Application number: 97930492.0

(22)	Date of filing: 01.07.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G02B 6/ 00^{( . )}
G02B 6/ 42^{( . )}

G02B 6/ 36^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP1997/003492

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/001783 (15.01.1998 Gazette 1998/02)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

03.07.1996 US 19960021201P
19.07.1996 EP 19960202047

(71)	Applicant: Akzo Nobel N.V.
	6824 BM Arnhem (NL)

(72)	Inventor:
	THACKARA, John, Ingalls Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (US)

(74)	Representative: Schalkwijk, Pieter Cornelis, et al
	Akzo Nobel N.V. Patent Department P.O. 9300 6800 SB Arnhem 6800 SB Arnhem (NL)

(54)	METHOD FOR MAKING A HERMETICALLY SEALED PACKAGE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE OPTICAL FIBRE FEEDTHROUGH