OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE END FACET COUPLING - Patent 1476775

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EP 1 476 775 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	20.11.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	17.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/47

(21)	Application number: 03736438.7

(22)	Date of filing: 21.02.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G02B 6/30, G02B 6/12

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/005064

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/079081 (25.09.2003 Gazette 2003/39)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

21.02.2002 EP 02290418

(71)	Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
	Wilmington,Delaware 19898 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BANEY, Bruno, Paul, Marc F-77210 Avon (FR) MORONI, Marc F-77211 Avon (FR)

(74)	Representative: Cabinet Hirsch
	58, avenue Marceau 75008 Paris 75008 Paris (FR)

(54)	OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE END FACET COUPLING