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EP1400202 - NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE DIAGNOSING DEVICE AND DIAGNOSING SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.09.2014
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip15.05.2015Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): FR, GB
published on 17.06.2015  [2015/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
1-14, Uchikanda-1-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-0047 / JP
[2013/47]
Former [2004/13]For all designated states
Hitachi Medical Corporation
1-14, Uchikanda-1-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-0047 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / KAMIMURA, Seiji, @c/o Design Center HITACHI, LTD
280, Higashikoigakubo 1-chome
Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601 / JP
02 / FUKAMI, Ryosuke, @c/o Design Center HITACHI, LTD
280, Higashikoigakubo 1-chome
Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601 / JP
03 / TAKEKOSHI, Isamu, @c/o Design Center HITACHI, LTD
280, Higashikoigakubo 1-chome
Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601 / JP
04 / IWASAKI, Masakatsu, @c/o Design Center HITACHI, LTD
280, Higashikoigakubo 1-chome
Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601 / JP
05 / YOSHINO, Hitoshi, @c/o HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
1-14, Uchikanda 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-0047 / JP
06 / MAEDA, Tsuneo, @c/o HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
1-14, Uchikanda 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-0047 / JP
 [2013/47]
Former [2004/13]01 / KAMIMURA, Seiji, c/o Design Center HITACHI, LTD
280, Higashikoigakubo 1-chome
Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601 / JP
02 / FUKAMI, Ryosuke, c/o Design Center HITACHI, LTD
280, Higashikoigakubo 1-chome
Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601 / JP
03 / TAKEKOSHI, Isamu, c/o Design Center HITACHI, LTD
280, Higashikoigakubo 1-chome
Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601 / JP
04 / IWASAKI, Masakatsu, c/o Design Center HITACHI, LTD
280, Higashikoigakubo 1-chome
Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601 / JP
05 / YOSHINO, Hitoshi, c/o HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
1-14, Uchikanda 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-0047 / JP
06 / MAEDA, Tsuneo, c/o HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
1-14, Uchikanda 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-0047 / JP
Representative(s)Beetz & Partner mbB
Patentanwälte
Prinzregentenstraße 54
80538 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2013/47]Beetz & Partner
Patentanwälte Steinsdorfstrasse 10
80538 München / DE
Former [2004/13]Beetz & Partner Patentanwälte
Steinsdorfstrasse 10
80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date02733503.317.06.2002
[2004/13]
WO2002JP06029
Priority number, dateJP2001019652828.06.2001         Original published format: JP 2001196528
[2004/13]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO03001999
Date:09.01.2003
Language:EN
[2003/02]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1400202
Date:24.03.2004
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.01.2003 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2004/13]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1400202
Date:20.11.2013
Language:EN
[2013/47]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP09.01.2003
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.09.2006
ClassificationIPC:A61B5/055, G01R33/48, A61B6/03
[2004/13]
CPC:
G01R33/3806 (EP,US); A61B5/055 (EP,US); A61B5/704 (US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [2013/47]
Former [2004/13]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE,  TR 
TitleGerman:NMR-DIAGNOSEVORRICHTUNG UND DIAGNOSESYSTEM[2004/13]
English:NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE DIAGNOSING DEVICE AND DIAGNOSING SYSTEM[2004/13]
French:DISPOSITIF ET SYSTEME DE DIAGNOSTIC PAR RMN[2004/13]
Entry into regional phase19.12.2003Translation filed 
14.01.2004National basic fee paid 
14.01.2004Search fee paid 
14.01.2004Designation fee(s) paid 
14.01.2004Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.06.2002Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: JP
14.01.2004Examination requested  [2004/13]
11.02.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
21.08.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.11.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
02.06.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.04.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.09.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.06.2013Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.10.2013Fee for grant paid
02.10.2013Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  11.02.2008
Opposition(s)21.08.2014No opposition filed within time limit [2014/44]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.06.2004Renewal fee patent year 03
24.06.2005Renewal fee patent year 04
30.06.2006Renewal fee patent year 05
02.07.2007Renewal fee patent year 06
31.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 07
30.06.2009Renewal fee patent year 08
25.03.2010Renewal fee patent year 09
30.06.2011Renewal fee patent year 10
31.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 11
01.07.2013Renewal fee patent year 12
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL20.11.2013
GB17.06.2014
FR30.06.2014
[2015/24]
Former [2014/22]NL20.11.2013
Documents cited:Search[X]JPH11104109
 [X]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19990730), vol. 1999, no. 09, & JP11104109 A 19990420 (SHIN ETSU CHEM CO LTD) [X] 1-8 * the whole document *
International search[Y]JPS5819240  (HITACHI LTD);
 [Y]JPH09266893  (HITACHI MEDICAL CORP);
 [Y]JPH09299352  (HITACHI MEDICAL CORP);
 [A]JPH10127604  (TOSHIBA AMERICA MRI INC);
 [Y]JPH1128199  (HITACHI MEDICAL CORP);
 [Y]JPH11104109  (SHINETSU CHEMICAL CO);
 [Y]JPH11188018  (SIEMENS AG);
 [XP]JP2002017708  (HITACHI MEDICAL CORP)
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