EP0731959 - AUTOMATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE PROCESSING OF MEDICAL IMAGES [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [1996/38] | AUTOMATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE SEGMENTATION OF MEDICAL IMAGES | ||
[2002/10] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.12.2003 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 04.01.2008 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 06.02.2008 [2008/06] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Arch Development Corporation The University of Chicago, 1101 East 58th Street, Walker 213 Chicago, IL 60637 / US | [N/P] |
Former [2002/31] | For all designated states ARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION The University of Chicago, 1101 East 58t Street, Walker 213 Chicago, IL 60637 / US | ||
Former [1996/38] | For all designated states ARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 1101 East 58th Street, Walker 213 Chicago, IL 60637 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BICK, Ulrich 5801 S. Dorchester Chicago, IL 60637 / US | 02 /
GIGER, Maryellen, L. 658 Hillcrest Elmhurst, IL 60126 / US | [1996/38] | Representative(s) | Brandl, Ferdinand Anton, et al Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner Röss, Kaiser, Polte Partnerschaft Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei, Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22 85354 Freising / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2002/31] | Brandl, Ferdinand Anton, Dipl.-Phys., et al Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner, Röss, Kaiser, Polte Partnerschaft Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22 85354 Freising / DE | ||
Former [1996/38] | Brandl, Ferdinand Anton Kuhnen, Wacker & Partner Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22 85354 Freising / DE | Application number, filing date | 95903128.7 | 29.11.1994 | [1996/38] | WO1994US13281 | Priority number, date | US19930158320 | 29.11.1993 Original published format: US 158320 | [1996/38] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9514966 | Date: | 01.06.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/23] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0731959 | Date: | 18.09.1996 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.06.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1996/38] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0731959 | Date: | 05.02.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/06] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 01.06.1995 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 06.12.1996 | Classification | IPC: | G06T5/40 | [1996/38] | CPC: |
G06T7/0012 (EP,US);
G06T7/11 (EP,US);
G06T7/12 (EP,US);
G06T7/136 (EP,US);
G06T7/155 (EP,US);
G06T7/187 (EP,US);
G06V10/267 (EP,US);
G06T2207/10116 (EP,US);
G06T2207/20036 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1996/38] | Title | German: | AUTOMATISCHES VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR VERARBEITUNG MEDIZINISCHER BILDER | [2002/10] | English: | AUTOMATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE PROCESSING OF MEDICAL IMAGES | [2002/10] | French: | PROCEDE ET SYSTEME AUTOMATISES DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGES MEDICALES | [2002/10] |
Former [1996/38] | AUTOMATISCHES VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR SEGMENTIERUNG MEDISCHER BILDER | ||
Former [1996/38] | AUTOMATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE SEGMENTATION OF MEDICAL IMAGES | ||
Former [1996/38] | PROCEDE ET SYSTEME AUTOMATISES DE SEGMENTATION D'IMAGES MEDICALES | Entry into regional phase | 26.06.1996 | National basic fee paid | 26.06.1996 | Search fee paid | 26.06.1996 | Designation fee(s) paid | 26.06.1996 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 29.06.1995 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 26.06.1996 | Examination requested [1996/38] | 03.12.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 24.05.2000 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 02.11.2000 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 19.03.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 29.05.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 26.09.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 30.01.2002 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 25.06.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 04.10.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 04.10.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP00111213.5 / EP1035508 | Opposition(s) | 06.11.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2004/05] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 11.11.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 10.11.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 10.11.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 12.11.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 13.11.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 14.11.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 13.11.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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Former [2003/32] | SE | 05.05.2003 | Documents cited: | Search | [XY]EP0424912 (HITACHI LTD [JP]) [X] 1-6,14 * abstract * * page 2, line 36 - line 47 * * page 3, line 16 - page 4, line 2 * [Y] 7-9,16,17,19,20,27,35-41,44,45; | [A]US5164993 (CAPOZZI JOHN R [US], et al) [A] 1-6,14 * column A * * column 4, line 14 - line 42; figures 1-4 *; | [YA] - FANG-FANG YIN ET AL, "COMPUTERIZED DETECTION OF MASSES IN DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS: ANALYSIS OF BILATERAL SUBTRACTION IMAGES", MEDICAL PHYSICS, (19910901), vol. 18, no. 5, pages 955 - 963, XP000266638 [Y] 7-9,16,17,19,20,27,35-41,44,45 * paragraph [000B] * * paragraph [000D] * [A] 1-6,10-13,21-26 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.596610 | [A] - JIN H -R ET AL, "EXTRACTION OF MICROCALCIFICATIONS FROM MAMMOGRAMS USING MORPHOLOGICAL FILTER WITH MULTIPLE STRUCTURING ELEMENTS", SYSTEMS & COMPUTERS IN JAPAN, (19931101), vol. 24, no. 11, pages 66 - 74, XP000447455 [A] 5,24,25,32 * paragraph [02.1] * * paragraph [02.2] * | International search | [YP]US5268967 (JANG BEN K [US], et al) |