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EP About this file: EP2972254

EP2972254 - EXTENDED FIELD ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE (EFIRT) FOR CORRELATED NOISE REMOVAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.03.2019
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  06.04.2018
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.02.2018
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  31.01.2018
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  28.09.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip01.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 03.08.2022  [2022/31]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology School Corporation
1919-1 Tancha
Onna-son
Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 904-0495 / JP
[2018/25]
Former [2016/03]For all designated states
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
1919-1, Aza Tancha
Onna-son
Kunigami-gun
Okinawa 904-0495 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / MAHMOOD, Faisal
c/o OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
1919-1 Tancha
Onna-son
Kunigami-gun Okinawa 904-0495 / JP
02 / OFVERSTEDT, Lars-Goran Wallentin
c/o OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
1919-1 Tancha
Onna-son
Kunigami-gun Okinawa 904-0495 / JP
03 / SKOGLUND, Bo Ulf
c/o OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
1919-1 Tancha
Onna-son
Kunigami-gun Okinawa 904-0495 / JP
 [2016/03]
Representative(s)Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP
Cheapside House
138 Cheapside
London EC2V 6BJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2016/03]Fenlon, Christine Lesley
Haseltine Lake LLP
Lincoln House, 5th Floor
300 High Holborn
London WC1V 7JH / GB
Application number, filing date14764705.105.03.2014
[2016/03]
WO2014JP01214
Priority number, dateUS201361779116P13.03.2013         Original published format: US 201361779116 P
[2016/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014141630
Date:18.09.2014
Language:EN
[2014/38]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2972254
Date:20.01.2016
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.09.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2016/03]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2972254
Date:09.05.2018
Language:EN
[2018/19]
Type: B8 Corrected title page of specification 
No.:EP2972254
Date:27.06.2018
[2018/26]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP18.09.2014
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.11.2016
ClassificationIPC:G06T11/00, G01N23/04
[2016/51]
CPC:
G01N23/046 (EP,US); G06T12/20 (EP,US); G01N2223/401 (US);
G01N2223/419 (EP,US); G01N2223/42 (EP,US); G01N2223/612 (EP,US);
G06T2211/432 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2016/03]G01N23/04
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 [2016/03]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:ITERATIVES REKONSTRUKTIONSVERFAHREN MIT ERWEITERTEM FELD FÜR KORRELIERTE RAUSCHENTFERNUNG[2016/03]
English:EXTENDED FIELD ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE (EFIRT) FOR CORRELATED NOISE REMOVAL[2016/03]
French:TECHNIQUE DE RECONSTRUCTION ITÉRATIVE DE CHAMP ÉTENDU (EFIRT) DESTINÉE À UNE SUPPRESSION DE BRUITS CORRÉLÉS[2016/03]
Entry into regional phase31.07.2015National basic fee paid 
31.07.2015Search fee paid 
31.07.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
31.07.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure31.07.2015Examination requested  [2016/03]
26.05.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.09.2017Communication of intention to grant the patent
25.01.2018Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
25.01.2018Fee for grant paid
25.01.2018Fee for publishing/printing paid
14.02.2018Information about intention to grant a patent
14.02.2018Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
09.05.2018Request for correction of the decision to grant filed
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  29.09.2017
Opposition(s)12.02.2019No opposition filed within time limit [2019/16]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
30.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
27.03.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jsbi.1997.3915
 [Y]   L. NORLN ET AL: "Molecular cryo-electron tomography of vitreous tissue sections: current challenges", JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY, vol. 235, no. 3, September 2009 (2009-09-01), GB, pages 293 - 307, XP055317450, ISSN: 0022-2720, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03219.x [Y] 1-20 * "Reconstruction"; page 299, column r * * page 301, column l, paragraph 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03219.x
 [Y]   ULF SKOGLUND ET AL: "Maximum-Entropy Three-Dimensional Reconstruction with Deconvolution of the Contrast Transfer Function: A Test Application with Adenovirus", JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, vol. 117, no. 3, November 1996 (1996-11-01), United States, pages 173 - 188, XP055318125, ISSN: 1047-8477, DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1996.0081 [Y] 13-20 * page 174 - page 180 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jsbi.1996.0081
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/251490a0
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 [A]   W.J. PALENSTIJN ET AL.: "PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS FOR ITERATIVE ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY RECONSTRUCTION USING GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS (GPUS)", JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, vol. 176, no. 2, 1 November 2011 (2011-11-01), pages 250 - 253, XP028304289, DOI: 10.1016/J.JSB.2011.07.017 [A]

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