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EP1744181 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic image processing method [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.10.2014 Database last updated on 30.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	03.10.2014	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 05.11.2014 [2014/45]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 1-1 Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
	For all designated states Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation 1385 Shimoishigami Otawara-shi Tochigi 324-8550 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2014/10]	For all designated states Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 1-1 Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
	For all designated states Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation 1385 Shimoishigami Otawara-shi Tochigi 324-8550 / JP
Former [2013/48]	For all designated states Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 1-1 Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
	For all designated states Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation 1385 Shimoishigami Otawara-shi Toshigi 324-8550 / JP
Former [2007/03]	For all designated states KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA 1-1 Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
	For all designated states Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation 1385 Shimoishigami Otawara-shi Toshigi 324-8550 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Abe, Yasuhiko c/o Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. Intellectual Property Division 1385, Shimoishigami Otawara-shi Tochigi 324-8550 / JP
	02 / Kawagishi, Tetsuya c/o Toshiba Medical System Cor. Intellectual Property Division 1385, Shimoishigami Otawara-shi Tochigi 324-8550 / JP
	[2013/48]
Former [2007/03]	01 / Abe, Yasuhiko c/o Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. Intellectual Property Division 1385, Shimoishigami Otawara-shi Tochigi 324-8550 / JP
	02 / Kawagishi, Tetsuya c/o Toshiba Medical System Cor. Intellectual Property Division 1385, Shimoishigami Otawara-shi Tochigi 324-8550 / JP
Representative(s)	Kramer Barske Schmidtchen Patentanwälte PartG mbB European Patent Attorneys Landsberger Strasse 300 80687 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2013/48]	Kramer - Barske - Schmidtchen Landsberger Strasse 300 80687 München / DE
Former [2008/39]	Kramer - Barske - Schmidtchen European Patent Attorneys Landsberger Strasse 300 80687 München / DE
Former [2007/03]	Kramer - Barske - Schmidtchen Radeckestrasse 43 81245 München / DE
Application number, filing date	06014453.2	12.07.2006
	[2007/03]
Priority number, date	JP20050207687	15.07.2005 Original published format: JP 2005207687
	[2007/03]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1744181
	Date:	17.01.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/03]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1744181
	Date:	27.11.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/48]
	Type:	B8 Corrected title page of specification
	No.:	EP1744181
	Date:	09.04.2014
	[2014/15]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	17.11.2006
Classification	IPC:	G01S15/89, A61B8/08, A61B8/14	[2007/03]
	CPC:	A61B8/485 (EP,US); A61B8/0883 (EP,US); A61B8/14 (EP,US); A61B8/463 (EP,US); A61B8/483 (EP,US); A61B8/488 (EP,US); (+) G01S7/52042 (EP,US); G01S7/52071 (EP,US); G01S15/8993 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	DE, NL [2007/38]
Former [2007/03]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	Diagnostisches Ultraschallgerät und Verfahren zur Verarbeitung von Ultraschallbildern	[2007/03]
	English:	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic image processing method	[2007/03]
	French:	Dispositif de diagnostic à ultrasons et procédé de traitement d'images à ultrasons	[2007/03]
Examination procedure	12.07.2006	Examination requested [2007/03]
	18.07.2007	Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
	31.08.2007	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	18.10.2007	Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
	05.03.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	09.03.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	03.09.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	17.07.2013	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	14.10.2013	Fee for grant paid
	14.10.2013	Fee 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 31.08.2007
Opposition(s)	28.08.2014	No opposition filed within time limit [2014/45]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	14.07.2008	Renewal fee patent year 03
	10.07.2009	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.07.2010	Renewal fee patent year 05
	12.07.2011	Renewal fee patent year 06
	13.07.2012	Renewal fee patent year 07
	10.07.2013	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:	Search	[YA]US5000184 (BONNEFOUS ODILE [FR]) [Y] 13-15 * the whole document * [A] 1-12,16-20;
		[A]US2003013963 (BJAERUM STEINAR [NO], et al) [A] 1-20 * abstract *;
		[A]US6099471 (TORP HANS [NO], et al) [A] 1-20 * abstract *;
		[A]US5390677 (FERRERA KATHERINE W [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * abstract *
		[XY] - HOSKINS P R ET AL, "Colour ultrasound imaging of blood flow and tissue motion.", THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. SEP 1997, (199709), vol. 70, no. 837, ISSN 0007-1285, pages 878 - 890, XP002404496 [X] 1-12,16-20 * pages 884-885, subheading "Colour vector Doppler" * [Y] 13-15
		[A] - MAEHLE J ET AL, "THREE-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR QUANTITATIVE LEFT VENTRICULAR WALL MOTION ANALYSIS: A METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF ENDOCARDIAL SURFACE AND EVALUATION OF REGIONAL DYSFUNCTION", ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FUTURA PUBLISHING CO., ARMONK, NY, US, (199407), vol. 11, no. 4, ISSN 0742-2822, pages 397 - 408, XP008024521 [A] 1-20 * abstract * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8175.1994.tb01382.x
	Examination	- JENSEN J A ET AL, "A method for real-time three-dimensional vector velocity imaging", 2003 IEEE ULTRASONICS SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. HONOLULU, HAWAII, OCT. 5 20031005; 20031005 - 20031008 NEW YORK, NY : IEEE, US, (20031005), vol. 2, ISBN 978-0-7803-7922-0, pages 1582 - 1585, XP010701790 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2003.1293210

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