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EP1472522 - X-RAY INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  10.06.2011
Database last updated on 04.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip10.06.2011Refusal of applicationpublished on 13.07.2011  [2011/28]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Smiths Heimann GmbH
Im Herzen 4
65205 Wiesbaden / DE
[2007/31]
Former [2004/45]For all designated states
Cambridge Imaging Limited
St. John's Innovation Centre Cowley Road
Cambridge CB4 4WS / GB
Inventor(s)01 / RUSHBROOKE, John, Gordon
deceased / US
02 / HOOPER, Claire, Elizabeth
5 Rotherwick Way
Cambridge, CB1 8RX / GB
 [2005/01]
Former [2005/01]01 / RUSHBROOKE, John, Gordon
1308 Colony Plaza
Newport Beach, CA 92660 / US
02 / HOOPER, Claire, Elizabeth
5 Rotherwick Way
Cambridge, CB1 8RX / GB
Former [2004/45]01 / RUSHBROOKE, John, Gordon
1308 Colony Plaza
Newport Beach, CA 92660 / US
02 / HOOPER, Claire, Elizabeth
1308 Colony Plaza
Newport Beach, CA 92660 / US
Representative(s)Cournarie, Michèle, et al
Brema-Loyer
Le Centralis
63 avenue du Général Leclerc
92340 Bourg-la-Reine / FR
[N/P]
Former [2011/12]Cournarie, Michèle, et al
Brema-Loyer Le Centralis 63 avenue du Général Leclerc
92340 Bourg-la-Reine / FR
Former [2004/45]Nash, Keith Wilfrid, et al
KEITH W. NASH & Co., 90-92 Regent Street
Cambridge CB2 1DP / GB
Application number, filing date02715583.728.01.2002
[2004/45]
WO2002GB00353
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO03065023
Date:07.08.2003
Language:EN
[2003/32]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1472522
Date:03.11.2004
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.08.2003 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2004/45]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP07.08.2003
ClassificationIPC:G01N23/04, G01V5/00, G01N23/10
[2004/45]
CPC:
H01L27/14658 (EP,US); G01N23/083 (EP,US); G01N23/10 (EP,US);
G01V5/22 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   TR [2004/45]
TitleGerman:RÖNTGENSTRAHLUNTERSUCHUNGSSYSTEM UND -VERFAHREN[2004/45]
English:X-RAY INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD[2004/45]
French:SYSTEME ET PROCEDE DE CONTROLE AUX RAYONS X[2004/45]
Entry into regional phase19.08.2004National basic fee paid 
19.08.2004Designation fee(s) paid 
19.08.2004Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.08.2003Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
19.08.2004Examination requested  [2004/52]
13.10.2004Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
28.05.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
30.11.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.02.2011Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2011/28]
07.03.2011Application refused, date of legal effect [2011/28]
Divisional application(s)EP10193028.7  / EP2447709
EP12169892.2  / EP2538205
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  28.05.2010
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.08.2004Renewal fee patent year 03
21.03.2005Renewal fee patent year 04
11.01.2006Renewal fee patent year 05
11.01.2007Renewal fee patent year 06
10.01.2008Renewal fee patent year 07
15.12.2008Renewal fee patent year 08
28.12.2009Renewal fee patent year 09
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.01.200504   M06   Fee paid on   21.03.2005
31.01.201110   M06   Not yet paid
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Cited inInternational search[Y]SU1004834  ;
 [YA]WO9314419  (CAMBRIDGE IMAGING LTD [GB]) [Y] 1-4,10,41,42 * page 6, paragraph 3 - page 7, paragraph 1; figure - * [A] 8;
 [YA]GB2295454  (HITACHI LTD [JP], et al) [Y] 10 * abstract * * page 5, line 25 - page 6, line 2 * * page 7, line 5 - line 10 * [A] 8;
 [Y]US5960057  (MAJEWSKI STANISLAW [US], et al) [Y] 1-3,10,41,42 * column 2, line 52 - line 65; figure 1 * * column 3, line 59 - line 65 * * column 4, line 53 - line 57 *;
 [Y]  - MAEDA K ET AL, "Development of an in-air high-resolution PIXE system", NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH, SECTION - B: BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS, NORTH-HOLLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY. AMSTERDAM, NL, (19980301), vol. 134, no. 3-4, ISSN 0168-583X, pages 418 - 426, XP004122869 [Y] 1-4,10 * abstract * * page 420, column L, line 4 - line 10; figure 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(97)00918-X
 [Y]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, Database accession no. 1984-016591, XP002220277 & SU1004834 A 19830315 (CRYSTALLOGRAPHY INS) [Y] 1-3,10 * abstract *
 [A]  - KALININ B N ET AL, "Investigation of positron generation by relativistic electrons in aligned crystals", NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH, SECTION - B: BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS, NORTH-HOLLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY. AMSTERDAM, NL, (19981002), vol. 145, no. 1-2, ISSN 0168-583X, pages 209 - 220, XP004150616 [A] 1 * page 212, column R, line 10 - line 14 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(98)00365-6
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