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EP1113286 - Quadrature RF coil for MRI systems [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 22.09.2006 Database last updated on 24.08.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	22.08.2008	Change - applicant	published on 24.09.2008 [2008/39]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Groenewoudseweg 1 5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
	[2008/39]
Former [2003/49]	For all designated states Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Groenewoudseweg 1 5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
Former [2003/34]	For all designated states Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc. 595 Miner Road Cleveland, Ohio 44143 / US
Former [2001/27]	For all designated states Marconi Medical Systems, Inc. 595 Miner Road Cleveland, Ohio 44143 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Fujita, Hiroyuki 652 Davidson Drive Highland Heights, Ohio 44143 / US
	02 / Demeester, Gordon D. 30175 Overlook Drive Wickliffe, Ohio 44092 / US
	[2001/27]
Representative(s)	van der Veer, Johannis Leendert, et al Philips Intellectual Property & Standards P.O. Box 220 5600 AE Eindhoven / NL
	[N/P]
Former [2002/26]	van der Veer, Johannis Leendert, et al International Octrooibureau B.V., Prof. Holstlaan 6 5656 AA Eindhoven / NL
Former [2001/27]	Waters, Jeffrey Marconi Intellectual Property Marrable House The Vineyards Gt. Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7QS / GB
Application number, filing date	00311406.3	19.12.2000
	[2001/27]
Priority number, date	US19990473070	28.12.1999 Original published format: US 473070
	[2001/27]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1113286
	Date:	04.07.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/27]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP1113286
	Date:	02.05.2002
	[2002/18]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.03.2002
Classification	IPC:	G01R33/34, G01R33/341	[2001/27]
	CPC:	G01R33/34046 (EP,US); G01R33/3678 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR [2001/27]
Title	German:	Radiofrequenz-Quadraturspule für Abbildungssysteme auf der Basis magnetischer Resonanz	[2001/27]
	English:	Quadrature RF coil for MRI systems	[2001/27]
	French:	Bobine de radiofréquence en quadrature pour appareils d'imagerie par résonance magnétique	[2001/27]
Examination procedure	04.11.2002	Examination requested [2003/01]
	31.08.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	28.02.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	30.05.2006	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 01.06.2006
	01.06.2006	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	06.06.2006	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2006/43]
	16.06.2006	Application refused, date of legal effect [2006/43]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	02.01.2003	Renewal fee patent year 03
	02.01.2004	Renewal fee patent year 04
	03.01.2005	Renewal fee patent year 05
	02.01.2006	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:	Search	[XP]EP1004885 (PICKER INT INC [US]) [XP] 1-10 * see the whole document *;
		[XD]US5898306 (LIU HAIYING [US], et al) [XD] 1-10 * column 3, line 61 - column 6, line 20 * * column 7, line 38 - column 8, line 67; figures 1,2,5,6; claims 1-9 *;
		[X]JPH0951887 ;
		[X] - H.FUJITA ET AL., "An Optimized Open Quadrature Distributed RF Surface Coil", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, SIXTH SCIENTIFIC MEETING AND EXHIBITION, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, APRIL 18-24, 1998, vol. 1, page 645, XP002188980 [X] 1-10 * conference abstract *
		[X] - E.BOSKAMP ET AL., "A degenerate bandpass ladder network for spine imaging in lateral magnetic fields", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, SIXTH SCIENTIFIC MEETING AND EXHIBITION, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, APRIL 18-24, 1998, vol. 3, page 2024, XP002188985 [X] 1-10 * conference abstract *
		[X] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19970630), vol. 1997, no. 06, & JP09051887 A 19970225 (GE YOKOGAWA MEDICAL SYST LTD) [X] 1,3-7,9,10 * abstract *
		[X] - W.P.KUAN ET AL., "A Comparison between Quadrature and Optimized Linear Surface Coil", WORKS IN PROGRESS, SOCIETY OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, ELEVENTH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING, AUGUST 8-14, 1992, BERLIN, GERMANY, page 280, XP002188981 [X] 1,3-6,9,10 * conference abstract *
		[X] - C.H.OH ET AL., "Novel Type of Quadrature Breast RF Coil with a Ladder Structure", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, SIXTH SCIENTIFIC MEETING AND EXHIBITION, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, APRIL 18-24, 1998, vol. 3, page 2025, XP002188984 [X] 1,2,7-9 * conference abstract *
		[A] - C.E.HAYES, "Birdcage & Other High Homogeneity Radiofrequency Coils for Whole Body Magnetic Resonance", ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, D.M.GRANT ET AL. (EDS.), JOHN WILEY & SONS, Chichester, (1996), vol. 2, pages 968 - 974, XP002188986 [A] 1-10 * see the whole article *

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