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EP About this file: EP2533682

EP2533682 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MULTI-SPECTRAL PHOTONIC IMAGING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  30.12.2022
Database last updated on 28.02.2026
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  22.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip30.12.2022Refusal of applicationpublished on 01.02.2023  [2023/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1
85764 Neuherberg / DE
[2012/51]
Inventor(s)01 / NTZIACHRISTOS, Vasilis
Sämannstrasse 18A
82166 Gräfelfing / DE
02 / THEMELIS, George
Föhringer Alle 87
85774 Unterföhring / DE
 [2012/52]
Former [2012/51]01 / NTZIACHRISTOS, Vasilis
Sämannstrasse 18A
82166 Gräfelfing / DE
02 / THEMELIS, George
Kufsteiner Strasse 1
81679 M nchen / DE
Representative(s)v. Bezold & Partner Patentanwälte - PartG mbB
Ridlerstraße 57
80339 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2012/51]Hertz, Oliver
v. Bezold & Partner Patentanwälte Akademiestrasse 7
80799 München / DE
Application number, filing date10787008.115.11.2010
WO2010EP06937
Priority number, dateUS20100304008P12.02.2010         Original published format: US 304008 P
EP2010000147812.02.2010         Original published format: EP 10001478
[2012/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2011098101
Date:18.08.2011
Language:EN
[2011/33]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2533682
Date:19.12.2012
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.08.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2012/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP18.08.2011
ClassificationIPC:A61B5/00
[2012/51]
CPC:
A61B5/0059 (EP,US); A61B1/000094 (EP,US); A61B1/00186 (EP,US);
A61B1/043 (EP,US); A61B1/0638 (EP,US); A61B5/0068 (EP,US);
A61B5/0095 (EP,US); G02B21/16 (EP,US); A61B5/0064 (EP,US);
A61B5/0073 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/51]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR MULTISPEKTRALEN PHOTONISCHEN BILDGEBUNG[2012/51]
English:METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MULTI-SPECTRAL PHOTONIC IMAGING[2012/51]
French:MÉTHODE ET DISPOSITIF D'IMAGERIE PHOTONIQUE MULTISPECTRALE[2012/51]
Entry into regional phase10.09.2012National basic fee paid 
10.09.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
10.09.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.09.2012Examination requested  [2012/51]
05.04.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.07.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.11.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.02.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
31.05.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.03.2018Date of oral proceedings
25.05.2018Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2023/05]
25.05.2018Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
19.12.2022Application refused, date of legal effect [2023/05]
Appeal following examination05.07.2018Appeal received No.  T2515/18
25.09.2018Statement of grounds filed
19.12.2022Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant withdrawn
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  08.07.2016
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.09.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
25.11.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
21.11.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
25.11.2015Renewal fee patent year 06
25.11.2016Renewal fee patent year 07
24.11.2017Renewal fee patent year 08
22.11.2018Renewal fee patent year 09
12.11.2019Renewal fee patent year 10
09.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 11
10.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 12
28.11.2022Renewal fee patent year 13
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Cited inInternational search[Y] US2008123083  (WANG XUEDING et al.)
 [XY] US2008266564  (THEMELIS GEORGE et al.) [Y] 5,13,14
 [Y] US2008051665  (XU HENG et al.) [Y] 13,14 * paragraph [0014] * * paragraph [0020] * * paragraph [0021] * * paragraphs [0031] , [0032] * * figure 1 *
 [X] US2008312540  (NTZIACHRISTOS VASILIS et al.) [X] 1-4,6-12,15-21 * paragraph [0005] * * paragraph [0006] * * paragraph [0032] - paragraph [0038] * * paragraph [0042] * * paragraph [0058] - paragraph [0059] * * paragraph [0060] * * paragraph [0069] - paragraph [0094] * * figures 1-9 *
 [A] WO2010009747  (HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUENCHEN et al.)
 [XY]   ANDERSSON-ENGELS S ET AL: "Medical diagnostic system based on simultaneous multispectral fluorescence imaging", APPLIED OPTICS USA, vol. 33, no. 34, 1 December 1994 (1994-12-01), pages 8022 - 8029, XP002585671, ISSN: 0003-6935

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.33.008022
 [Y]   THEMELIS GEORGE ET AL: "Real-time intraoperative fluorescence imaging system using light-absorption correction.", JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2009 NOV-DEC LNKD- PUBMED:20059250, vol. 14, no. 6, November 2009 (2009-11-01), pages 64012, XP002585670, ISSN: 1560-2281
Examination  VASILIS NTZIACHRISTOS ET AL: "Planar fluorescence imaging using normalized data", JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS, vol. 10, no. 6, 1 January 2005 (2005-01-01), pages 064007, XP055126295, ISSN: 1083-3668, DOI: 10.1117/1.2136148

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.2136148
   KRAAYENHOF, RUUD ET.AL.: "Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Imaging and Probes", 2002, SPRINGER VERLAG, Heidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-642-62732-3, pages: 350 - 352
   A. J. WELCH ET AL: "Propagation of fluorescent light", LASERS IN SURGERY AND MEDICINE., vol. 21, no. 2, 1 January 1997 (1997-01-01), US, pages 166 - 178, XP055461230, ISSN: 0196-8092, DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)21:2<166::AID-LSM8>3.0.CO;2-O

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)21:2
by applicantUS2008312540
   NTZIACHRISTOS, NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY, vol. 23, 2005, pages 313 - 320
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