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EP About this file: EP0138962

EP0138962 - NMR IMAGING SYSTEM USING FIELD COMPENSATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.03.1991
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip07.03.1991No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 24.04.1991 [1991/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Macovski, Albert
2505 Alpine Road Menlo Park
California 94025 / US
[N/P]
Former [1985/18]For all designated states
Macovski, Albert
2505 Alpine Road
Menlo Park California 94025 / US
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1985/18]
Representative(s)Bayliss, Geoffrey Cyril, et al
BOULT WADE TENNANT
Verulam Gardens
70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT / GB
[N/P]
Former [1990/18]Bayliss, Geoffrey Cyril, et al
BOULT, WADE & TENNANT 27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ / GB
Former [1988/23]Horton, Andrew Robert Grant
BOWLES HORTON Felden House Dower Mews High Street
Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2BL / GB
Former [1985/18]Horton, Andrew Robert Grant
BOWLES HORTON Felden House Dower Mews High Street
Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2BL / GB
Application number, filing date84901509.416.03.1984
[1985/18]
WO1984US00395
Priority number, dateUS1983047647418.03.1983         Original published format: US 476474
[1985/18]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8403773
Date:27.09.1984
[1984/23]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0138962
Date:02.05.1985
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.09.1984 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1985/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0138962
Date:09.05.1990
Language:EN
[1990/19]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.04.1987
ClassificationIPC:G01N24/08, G01R33/24, A61B5/05
[1990/19]
CPC:
G01R33/58 (EP,US); G01R33/56563 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1985/18]G01R33/08, A61B5/05
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   LI,   NL,   SE [1985/18]
TitleGerman:BILDSYSTEM MIT NUKLEARMAGNETISCHER RESONANZ UNTER VERWENDUNG VON FELDAUSGLEICH[1985/18]
English:NMR IMAGING SYSTEM USING FIELD COMPENSATION[1985/18]
French:SYSTEME DE MISE EN IMAGE A RESONANCE MAGNETIQUE NUCLEAIRE (NMR) UTILISANT UNE COMPENSATION DE CHAMP[1985/18]
File destroyed:20.04.2002
Entry into regional phase05.11.1984National basic fee paid 
05.11.1984Search fee paid 
05.11.1984Designation fee(s) paid 
05.11.1984Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.11.1984Examination requested  [1985/18]
17.07.1989Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
20.10.1989Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.12.1989Fee for grant paid
20.12.1989Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)12.02.1991No opposition filed within time limit [1991/17]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.01.1986Renewal fee patent year 03
14.05.1987Renewal fee patent year 04
19.02.1988Renewal fee patent year 05
20.02.1989Renewal fee patent year 06
05.03.1990Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
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01.04.198704   M06   Fee paid on   14.05.1987
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Documents cited:Search[A]JP5766346  ;
 [Y]US3873909  (ERNST RICHARD R);
 [A]GB2027208  (EMI LTD);
 [Y]GB2037996  (EMI LTD);
 [A]EP0055058  (PICKER INT LTD [GB])
 [A]  - PATENTS ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 6, no. 145 (P-132)[1023], 4th August 1982; & JP-A-57 66 346 (SANYO DENKI K.K.) 22-04-1982, & JP5766346 A 00000000
International search[X]US4329646  (TSUDA MUNETAKA);
 [YP]US4417209  (HOUNSFIELD GODFREY N [GB]);
 [YP]US4418316  (YOUNG IAN R [GB], et al);
 [AP]US4425547  (SUGIMOTO HIROSHI [JP])
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