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EP About this file: EP2761586

EP2761586 - DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING WITH ENERGY SENSITIVE DETECTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.08.2023
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  09.09.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  27.03.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  24.03.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip24.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 26.06.2024  [2024/26]
Applicant(s)For:AL  AT  BE  BG  CH  CY  CZ  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 
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 52
5656 AG Eindhoven / NL
For:DE 
Philips GmbH
Röntgenstraße 22
22335 Hamburg / DE
[2020/12]
Former [2019/14]For:AL  AT  BE  BG  CH  CY  CZ  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 
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
For:DE 
Philips GmbH
Röntgenstraße 22
22335 Hamburg / DE
Former [2014/32]For:AL  AT  BE  BG  CH  CY  CZ  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 
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
For:DE 
Philips Deutschland GmbH
Lübeckertordamm 5
20099 Hamburg / DE
Inventor(s)01 / KOEHLER, Thomas
c/o PHILIPS IP&S - NL
High Tech Campus 44
NL-5656AE Eindhoven / NL
02 / SCHLOMKA, Jens-Peter
c/o PHILIPS IP&S - NL
High Tech Campus 44
NL-5656AE Eindhoven / NL
 [2014/32]
Representative(s)Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
High Tech Campus 52
5656 AG Eindhoven / NL
[2022/41]
Former [2014/32]Steffen, Thomas
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards P.O. Box 220
5600 AE Eindhoven / NL
Application number, filing date12779159.808.08.2012
[2022/41]
WO2012IB54032
Priority number, dateUS201161529450P31.08.2011         Original published format: US 201161529450 P
[2014/32]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2013030698
Date:07.03.2013
Language:EN
[2013/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2761586
Date:06.08.2014
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.03.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2014/32]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2761586
Date:12.10.2022
Language:EN
[2022/41]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP07.03.2013
ClassificationIPC:G06T5/50, G06T11/00
[2014/32]
CPC:
G06T5/50 (EP,US); G06T7/0014 (US); G01N23/046 (US);
G06T11/005 (EP,US); G06T2211/408 (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 [2014/32]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:DIFFERENZIELLE PHASENKONTRASTBILDGEBUNG MIT ENERGIEEMPFINDLICHEM NACHWEIS[2014/32]
English:DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING WITH ENERGY SENSITIVE DETECTION[2014/32]
French:IMAGERIE PAR CONTRASTE DE PHASE DIFFÉRENTIELLE À DÉTECTION SENSIBLE À L'ÉNERGIE[2014/32]
Entry into regional phase31.03.2014National basic fee paid 
31.03.2014Designation fee(s) paid 
31.03.2014Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure31.03.2014Examination requested  [2014/32]
24.02.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
23.03.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.07.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.11.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.03.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.02.2022Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 31.03.2022
28.03.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
31.03.2022Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
14.07.2022Fee for grant paid
14.07.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
14.07.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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  23.03.2017
Opposition(s)13.07.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/38]
Fees paidRenewal fee
01.09.2014Renewal fee patent year 03
31.08.2015Renewal fee patent year 04
31.08.2016Renewal fee patent year 05
31.08.2017Renewal fee patent year 06
31.08.2018Renewal fee patent year 07
02.09.2019Renewal fee patent year 08
31.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 09
31.08.2021Renewal fee patent year 10
31.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 11
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