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EP2375239 - System and method for Hilbert phase imaging [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  01.02.2019
Database last updated on 06.11.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  27.01.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip01.02.2019Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 06.03.2019  [2019/10]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 / US
[2011/41]
Inventor(s)01 / Popescu, Gabriel
124 Lexington Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138 / US
02 / Dasari, Ramachandra
6 Great Rock Road
Lexington, MA 02421 / US
03 / Feld, Michael
66 Dunster Road
Jamaica Plain, MA 01230 / US
04 / Ikeda, Takahiro
66 Dunster Road
Cambridge, MA 02138 / US
 [2011/41]
Representative(s)Graham Watt & Co LLP
St. Botolph's House
7-9 St. Botolph's Road
Sevenoaks TN13 3AJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2014/46]Suèr, Steven Johannes, et al
Graham Watt & Co LLP
St. Botolph's House
7-9 St. Botolph's Road
Sevenoaks TN13 3AJ / GB
Former [2011/41]Greenwood, John David, et al
Graham Watt & Co LLP St Botolph's House 7-9 St Botolph's Road Sevenoaks
Kent TN13 3AJ / GB
Application number, filing date10184686.324.03.2006
[2011/41]
Priority number, dateUS20050665118P25.03.2005         Original published format: US 665118 P
[2011/41]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2375239
Date:12.10.2011
Language:EN
[2011/41]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2375239
Date:18.01.2012
Language:EN
[2012/03]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.12.2011
ClassificationIPC:G01N21/45, G01N21/41, G06K9/00
[2011/41]
CPC:
H01L27/14601 (EP,US); G01N15/10 (US); G01N15/1433 (EP,US);
G01N21/453 (EP,US); G01N33/49 (EP,US); G06V20/693 (EP,US);
G01N2015/012 (EP,US); G01N2015/016 (EP,US); G01N2015/145 (EP,US);
G01N2015/1454 (EP,US); G01N2015/1497 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2011/41]
TitleGerman:System und Verfahren zur Hilbertphasen-Abbildung[2011/41]
English:System and method for Hilbert phase imaging[2011/41]
French:Système et procédé d'imagerie de phase d'Hilbert[2011/41]
Examination procedure17.07.2012Examination requested  [2012/34]
02.11.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
11.09.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
21.03.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.08.2016Observations by third parties
18.01.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
24.07.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.10.2018Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2019/10]
25.10.2018Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time  [2019/10]
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP06739540.0  / EP1864112
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 (EP20060739540) is  22.01.2008
Request for further processing for:The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report/Supplementary European search report
02.11.2012Request for further processing filed
02.11.2012Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
19.11.2012Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
26.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
26.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
29.03.2011Renewal fee patent year 06
26.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 07
27.03.2013Renewal fee patent year 08
27.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 09
27.03.2015Renewal fee patent year 10
31.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 11
27.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 12
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Documents cited:Search[A]US5194918  (KINO GORDON S [US], et al) [A] 1-6;
 [A]US6549801  (CHEN ZHONGPING [US], et al) [A] 1-6* figure 9; claim 7 *;
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.30.001165
 [XP]  - POPESCU GABRIEL ET AL, "Erythrocyte structure and dynamics quantified by Hilbert phase microscopy -", JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS, SPIE - INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING, US, (20051101), vol. 10, no. 6, doi:10.1117/1.2149847, ISSN 1083-3668, XP002397530 [XP] 1-6 * figure 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.2149847
 [XY]  - KNIFFEN S K ET AL, "BISPECTRAL MAGNITUDE AND PHASE RECOVERY USING A WIDE BANDWIDTH ACOUSTO-OPTIC PROCESSOR", APPLIED OPTICS, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC; US, (19920310), vol. 31, no. 8, doi:10.1364/AO.31.001015, ISSN 0003-6935, pages 1015 - 1029, XP000258283 [X] 1-6 * page 1021, column 2, lines 30-40 * * page 1023, column 1, line 14 - page 1024, column 1, line 24 * * page 1025, column 1, lines 1-17 * * page 1028, column 2, lines 20-25 * [Y] 3

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.31.001015
 [Y]  - ARNISON M R ET AL, "Using the Hilbert transform for 3D visualization of differential interference contrast microscope images", JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY, WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD, GB, (20000701), vol. 199, doi:10.1046/J.1365-2818.2000.00706.X, ISSN 0022-2720, pages 79 - 84, XP002397531 [Y] 3 * figure 2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2818.2000.00706.x
 [Y]  - DOMINIC F MURPHY ET AL, "Interferometric Interrogation of In-Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors Without Mechanical Path Length Scanning", JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, NEW YORK, NY, US, (20010701), vol. 19, no. 7, ISSN 0733-8724, XP011029987 [Y] 3 * figure 2 *
ExaminationUS2005046858
 US2005057756
    - LOWENTHAL S ET AL, "Observation of phase objects by optically processed Hilbert transform", APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, A I P PUBLISHING LLC, US, (19670715), vol. 11, no. 2, doi:10.1063/1.1755023, ISSN 0003-6951, pages 49 - 51, XP002397532

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1755023
    - WATANABE Y ET AL, "Time-gated full-field optical coherence tomography using optical hilbert transformation", IEEE- THE SECOND ASIAN AND PACIFIC RIM SYMPOSIUM ON BIOPHOTONICS,, (20041214), doi:10.1109/APBP.2004.1412252, ISBN 978-0-7803-8676-1, pages 10 - 11, XP010781620

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APBP.2004.1412252
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