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EP2073033
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| EP2073033 - A switchable birdcage coil [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 31.05.2013 Database last updated on 14.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 08.11.2013 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 11.12.2013 [2013/50] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Agilent Technologies, Inc. 5301 Stevens Creek Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95051 / US | [2012/30] |
| Former [2011/11] | For all designated states Agilent Technologies, Inc. 5301 Stevens Creek Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95051 / US | ||
| Former [2009/26] | For all designated states Varian, Inc. 3120 Hansen Way, D-102 Palo Alto, CA 94304 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Wong, Wai Ha 1134 Bentoak Lane San Jose, CA 95159 / US | 02 /
Rath, Alan R. 35526 Dante Place Fremont, CA 94536 / US | 03 /
Suddarth, Steven A. 267 Curtner Avenue Apartment No.27 Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US | [2012/30] |
| Former [2009/26] | 01 /
Wong, Wai Ha 1134 Bentoak Lane San Jose, CA 95159 / US | ||
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Rath, Alan R. 35526 Dante Place Fremont, CA 94536 / US | |||
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Suddarth, Steven A. 267 Curtner Avenue Apartment No.27 Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US | Representative(s) | Zimmermann, Tankred Klaus Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler Zinkler, Schenk & Partner mbB Patentanwälte Radlkoferstrasse 2 81373 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2012/01] | Zimmermann, Tankred Klaus Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler & Zinkler Patentanwälte Postfach 246 82043 Pullach bei München / DE | ||
| Former [2009/26] | Mollekopf, Gerd Willi Kahler Käck Mollekopf, Vorderer Anger 239 86899 Landsberg a. Lech / DE | Application number, filing date | 08021226.9 | 05.12.2008 | [2009/26] | Priority number, date | US20070004150 | 19.12.2007 Original published format: US 4150 | [2009/26] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2073033 | Date: | 24.06.2009 | Language: | EN | [2009/26] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2073033 | Date: | 25.07.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/30] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 08.04.2009 | Classification | IPC: | G01R33/36, G01R33/34 | [2012/07] | CPC: |
G01R33/34046 (EP,US);
G01R33/34076 (EP,US);
G01R33/3657 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [2009/26] | G01R33/34 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2010/09] |
| Former [2009/26] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | Schaltbare Birdcage-Spule | [2009/26] | English: | A switchable birdcage coil | [2009/26] | French: | Bobine de type cage d'oiseau commutable | [2009/26] | Examination procedure | 09.07.2009 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 11.12.2009 | Examination requested [2010/03] | 25.12.2009 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 28.01.2010 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | 15.09.2010 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 12.01.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.02.2012 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 06.06.2012 | Fee for grant paid | 06.06.2012 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 15.09.2010 | Opposition(s) | 26.04.2013 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/27] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.12.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 12.12.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | FR | 02.01.2013 | [2013/50] | Documents cited: | Search | [X] US5559434 (TAKAHASHI TETSUHIKO et al.) | [X] US5998999 (RICHARD MARK A et al.) | [X] US6344745 (REISKER THEODORE J et al.) | [PX] JPH10179539 (SHIMADZU CORP et al.) | [X] JPH08187235 (GE YOKOGAWA MED SYST LTD et al.) [X] 1-3,8-13,15 * column 10, lines 37-65 * * figure 13 * | [X] JPH1057338 (GE YOKOGAWA MED SYST LTD et al.) [X] 1-3,8-13,15 * column 6, lines 30-55 * * figure 2b * | [X] JPH09201346 (HITACHI MEDICAL CORP et al.) [X] 1-3,8-13,15 * abstract * * figures 1,2 * | [X] US5041790 (TROPP JAMES S et al.) [X] 1-3,8-13,15 * abstract * * figures 1,4 * | [X] US2005127914 (EBERLER LUDWIG et al.) [X] 1-3,8-13,15 * abstract * * figures 1,5 * | [X] US6100694 (WONG WAI HA et al.) | [PX] ASFOUR A ET AL: "A new dedicated double-tuned (100 MHz-27 MHz) volume RF coil actively-decoupled form a receive-only simple-tuned (27 MHz) coil: application to the MRI experiments of hyperpolarized 129Xe in the rat brain", INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, 2008. IMTC 2008. IEEE, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, 12 May 2008 (2008-05-12), pages 945 - 950, XP031274732, ISBN: 978-1-4244-1540-3 | [X] BARBERI EA ET AL: "A multiply-tuned hybrid birdcage volume resonator for transmit/receive and transmit-only high field NMR imaging, spectroscopy, and multi-nuclear phased array applications", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, 10TH SCIENTIFIC MEETING AND EXHIBITION, HONOLULU, HAWAII, USA, 18-24 MAY 2002, 18 May 2002 (2002-05-18), pages 770, XP002521638 | by applicant | US4689548 | US4694255 | US4763076 | US4833409 |