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EP About this file: EP3772659

EP3772659 - PARTIAL VOLUME ANALYSIS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.08.2024
Database last updated on 26.04.2025
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  25.08.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  24.04.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  13.08.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  08.01.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip25.04.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC		published on 28.05.2025 [2025/22]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Siemens Healthineers AG
Siemensstraße 3
91301 Forchheim / DE
[2024/07]
Former [2021/06]For all designated states
Siemens Healthcare GmbH
Henkestraße 127
91052 Erlangen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Grodzki, David
Königsberger Str. 10
91058 Erlangen / DE
 [2021/06]
Representative(s)Siemens Healthineers Patent Attorneys
Postfach 22 16 34
80506 München / DE
[N/P]
Application number, filing date19190702.108.08.2019
[2021/06]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3772659
Date:10.02.2021
Language:DE
[2021/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3772659
Date:27.09.2023
Language:DE
[2023/39]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.02.2020
ClassificationIPC:G01R33/561, G01R33/56, // A61B5/055
[2021/06]
CPC:
G01R33/561 (EP); G01R33/5607 (EP); G01R33/5608 (EP);
A61B5/055 (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 [2021/37]
Former [2021/06]AL,  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 
TitleGerman:PARTIALVOLUMENANALYSE FÜR MAGNETRESONANZFINGERPRINTING[2021/06]
English:PARTIAL VOLUME ANALYSIS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING[2021/06]
French:ANALYSE DES VOLUMES PARTIELS DANS UN PROCÉDÉ D'EMPREINTE DE RÉSONANCE MAGNÉTIQUE[2021/06]
Examination procedure10.08.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.08.2021Examination requested  [2021/37]
10.08.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
25.04.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.08.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
18.08.2023Fee for grant paid
18.08.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.06.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/36]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.08.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
19.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
18.08.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBG27.09.2023
CZ27.09.2023
DK27.09.2023
EE27.09.2023
ES27.09.2023
FI27.09.2023
HR27.09.2023
IT27.09.2023
LT27.09.2023
LV27.09.2023
MC27.09.2023
NL27.09.2023
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RS27.09.2023
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NO27.12.2023
GR28.12.2023
IS27.01.2024
PT29.01.2024
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Documents cited:Search[A]  - ANAGHA DESHMANE ET AL., "Accurate Synthetic FLAIR Images Using Partial Volume Corrected MR Fingerprinting", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, ISMRM, 24TH ANNUAL MEETING AND EXHIBITION, SINGAPORE, 07 MAY - 13 MAY 2016, (20160422), no. 1909, XP040682951 [A] 1-13 * the whole document *
 [A]  - ZHENGWEI ZHOU ET AL., "CEST Fingerprinting: Initial Study in Human Subjects", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, ISMRM, JOINT ANNUAL MEETING ISMRM-ESMRMB, PARIS, FRANCE, 16-21 JUNE 2018, (20180601), no. 417, XP040699625 [A] 1-13 * the whole document *
 [A]  - DEBRA F. MCGIVNEY ET AL, "Magnetic resonance fingerprinting review part 2: Technique and directions", JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, US, (20190725), doi:10.1002/jmri.26877, ISSN 1053-1807, XP055663708 [A] 1-13 * Abschnitt "Partial Volume" auf den Seiten 8-10 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.26877
by applicant   - ANAGHA VISHWAS DESMANE et al., "Validation of Tissue Characterization in Mixed Voxels using MR Fingerprinting", Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med., (20140000), vol. 22, page 94
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