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EP3724652 - DEVICE, SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR IMAGING DEFECTS IN A STRUCTURE BY TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MECHANICAL WAVES THROUGH THE STRUCTURE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  23.12.2022
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  18.09.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  21.06.2019
Formerunknown
Status updated on  08.02.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip15.12.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
25, Rue Leblanc
Bâtiment "Le Ponant D"
75015 Paris / FR
For all designated states
SAFRAN
2, Boulevard du Général Martial Valin
75015 Paris / FR
[2020/43]
Inventor(s)01 / MESNIL, Olivier
4 place des Planches
91400 Orsay / FR
 [2020/43]
Representative(s)Bonnet, Michel
Cabinet Bonnet 93, rue Réaumur
75002 Paris / FR
[2020/43]
Application number, filing date18839830.913.12.2018
[2020/43]
WO2018FR53287
Priority number, dateFR2017006216614.12.2017         Original published format: FR 1762166
[2020/43]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019115971
Date:20.06.2019
Language:FR
[2019/25]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3724652
Date:21.10.2020
Language:FR
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.06.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/43]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP20.06.2019
ClassificationIPC:G01N29/04, G01N29/06, G01N29/24, G01N29/44
[2020/43]
CPC:
G01N29/0672 (EP); G01N29/041 (US); G01N29/043 (EP);
G01N29/0681 (US); G01N29/069 (EP); G01N29/2412 (EP,US);
G01N29/2418 (EP,US); G01N29/2437 (EP,US); G01N29/4436 (EP,US);
G01N29/4445 (EP); G01N2291/0231 (EP,US); G01N2291/0289 (EP,US);
G01N2291/105 (EP,US); G01N2291/2694 (EP) (-)
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 [2020/43]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG, SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR BILDGEBUNG VON DEFEKTEN IN EINER STRUKTUR DURCH SENDEN UND EMPFANGEN VON MECHANISCHEN WELLEN DURCH DIE STRUKTUR[2020/43]
English:DEVICE, SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR IMAGING DEFECTS IN A STRUCTURE BY TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MECHANICAL WAVES THROUGH THE STRUCTURE[2020/43]
French:DISPOSITIF, INSTALLATION ET PROCEDE D'IMAGERIE DE DEFAUTS D'UNE STRUCTURE PAR EMISSION ET RECEPTION D'ONDES MECANIQUES DANS CETTE STRUCTURE[2020/43]
Entry into regional phase15.06.2020National basic fee paid 
15.06.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
15.06.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.06.2020Examination requested  [2020/43]
15.06.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
18.01.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
22.12.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
20.06.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
16.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
20.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
14.12.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[A]FR3014200  (COMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE [FR]) [A] 1-10* the whole document *;
 [Y]CN107037131  (UNIV CENTRAL SOUTH) [Y] 1-10 * the whole document *;
 [YD]  - XIAOLIANG ZHAO ET AL, "Active health monitoring of an aircraft wing with embedded piezoelectric sensor/actuator network: I. Defect detection, localization and growth monitoring", SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, IOP PUBLISHING LTD., BRISTOL, GB, (20070801), vol. 16, no. 4, doi:10.1088/0964-1726/16/4/032, ISSN 0964-1726, pages 1208 - 1217, XP020120524 [YD] 1-10 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/16/4/032
 [Y]  - SAKAI KAORU ET AL, "Defect detection method using statistical image processing of scanning acoustic tomography", 2016 IEEE 23RD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE PHYSICAL AND FAILURE ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (IPFA), IEEE, (20160718), doi:10.1109/IPFA.2016.7564303, pages 293 - 296, XP032958707 [Y] 1-10 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IPFA.2016.7564303
 [Y]  - UNIV CENTRAL SOUTH, "Small defect ultrasonic detecting method based on extreme value distribution theory", EPODOC, EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE, THE HAGUE, NL, (20170504), Database accession no. CN-201710306311-A, XP002790679 [Y] 1-10 * abstract *
by applicant   - "Active health monitoring of an aircraft wing with embedded piezoelectric sensor/actuator network: I. Defect détection, localization and growth monitoring", ZHAO et al., Smart Materials and Structures, IOP Publishing, (20070000), vol. 16, pages 1208 - 1217
    - "Combination of nonlinear ultrasonics and guided wave tomography for imaging the micro-defects", LI et al., Ultrasonics, Elsevier, (20160000), vol. 65, pages 87 - 95
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