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EP3796843 - SYSTEM TO IMPROVE NUCLEAR IMAGE OF MOVING VOLUME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  16.02.2024
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  15.10.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  26.02.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  03.01.2020
Formerunknown
Status updated on  19.04.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip19.07.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): GR, HR, RS
published on 21.08.2024  [2024/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
40 Liberty Blvd.
Malvern, PA 19355 / US
[2021/13]
Inventor(s)01 / SPOTTISWOODE, Bruce S.
13013 Peach View Drive
Knoxville, Tennessee 37922 / US
02 / SOLDNER, Juergen
615 Witherspoon Lane
Knoxville, Tennessee 37934 / US
 [2021/13]
Representative(s)Horn Kleimann Waitzhofer Schmid-Dreyer Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Theresienhöhe 12
80339 München / DE
[2024/12]
Former [2021/13]Horn Kleimann Waitzhofer Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Ganghoferstrasse 29a
80339 München / DE
Application number, filing date19716729.927.03.2019
[2021/13]
WO2019US24233
Priority number, dateUS20181602126428.06.2018         Original published format: US201816021264
[2021/13]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020005351
Date:02.01.2020
Language:EN
[2020/01]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3796843
Date:31.03.2021
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.01.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2021/13]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3796843
Date:20.03.2024
Language:EN
[2024/12]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP02.01.2020
ClassificationIPC:A61B6/03, A61B6/00
[2021/13]
CPC:
A61B6/032 (EP); A61B6/5264 (EP,US); A61B6/037 (EP,US);
A61B6/5205 (EP); A61B6/5235 (EP,US); A61B6/5288 (EP);
G01T1/1642 (US); G01T1/2985 (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 [2021/13]  
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:SYSTEM ZUR VERBESSERUNG EINES NUKLEAR-MEDIZINISCHEN BILDES EINES SICH BEWEGENDEN VOLUMENS[2023/43]
English:SYSTEM TO IMPROVE NUCLEAR IMAGE OF MOVING VOLUME[2021/13]
French:SYSTÈME POUR AMÉLIORER L'IMAGE NUCLÉAIRE D'UN VOLUME MOBILE[2021/13]
Former [2021/13]SYSTEM ZUR VERBESSERUNG DES KERNBILDES EINES SICH BEWEGENDEN VOLUMENS
Entry into regional phase22.12.2020National basic fee paid 
22.12.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
22.12.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.12.2020Examination requested  [2021/13]
22.12.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
25.05.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.10.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.02.2024Fee for grant paid
09.02.2024Fee for publishing/printing paid
09.02.2024Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
18.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
20.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHR20.03.2024
NO20.06.2024
RS20.06.2024
GR21.06.2024
[2024/34]
Former [2024/33]NO20.06.2024
Cited inInternational search[A]US2009253980  (WOLLENWEBER SCOTT DAVID [US], et al) [A] 1-7,15-20 * abstract * * paragraph [0040] - paragraph [0046] * * figure 3 *;
 [A]  - NEHMEH S A ET AL, "Respiratory Motion in Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography: A Review", SEMINARS IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 38, no. 3, doi:10.1053/J.SEMNUCLMED.2008.01.002, ISSN 0001-2998, (20080501), pages 167 - 176, (20080404), XP022585220 [A] 1-7,15-20 * abstract * * section "Respiratory Motion Artifacts" * * section "Respiratory Motion Correction" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.01.002
 [A]  - Sadek A Nehmeh ET AL, "Deep-Inspiration Breath-Hold PET/CT of the Thorax", The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, United States, (20070101), pages 22 - 26, URL: http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/48/1/22.full.pdf, XP055464765 [A] 1-7,15-20 * abstract * * section "Materials and Methods" *
 [A]  - PAUL B SHYN ET AL, "Minimizing Image Misregistration during PET/CT guided Percutaneous Interventions with Monitored Breath-hold PET and CT Acquisitions", JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 22, no. 9, doi:10.1016/J.JVIR.2011.06.015, ISSN 1051-0443, (20110622), pages 1287 - 1292, (20110628), XP028268458 [A] 1-7,15-20 * abstract * * section "Materials and Methods" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2011.06.015
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