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EP2269085 - REAL-TIME LOCAL AND GLOBAL SAR ESTIMATION FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND IMPROVED SCANNING PERFORMANCE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  20.12.2019
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip20.12.2019Refusal of applicationpublished on 22.01.2020  [2020/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
For:DE 
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards GmbH
Steindamm 94
20099 Hamburg / DE
[2013/39]
Former [2011/01]For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
Groenewoudseweg 1
5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
For:DE 
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards GmbH
Steindamm 94
20099 Hamburg / DE
Inventor(s)01 / GRAESSLIN, Ingmar
Roentgenstr. 24
22335 Hamburg / DE
02 / BIEDERER, Sven
Roentgenstr. 24-26
22335 Hamburg / DE
03 / KATSCHER, Ulrich
Roentgenstr. 24
22335 Hamburg / DE
04 / SCHWESER, Ferdinand
Talstrasse 88a
07743 Jena / DE
05 / BOERNERT, Peter
Roentgenstr. 24
22335 Hamburg / DE
06 / HARVEY, Paul, Royston
Philips Intellectual Property& Standards High Tech Campus 44
NL-5656AE Eindhoven / NL
07 / MENS, Wilhelmus, Reinerius, Maria
Philips Intellectual Property&Standards High Tech Campus 44
NL-5656AE Eindhoven / NL
 [2011/01]
Representative(s)van Velzen, Maaike Mathilde
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
[N/P]
Former [2011/01]Van Velzen, Maaike Mathilde
P.O. Box 220
5600 AE Eindhoven / NL
Application number, filing date09732227.513.04.2009
[2011/01]
WO2009IB51531
Priority number, dateEP2008010356116.04.2008         Original published format: EP 08103561
[2011/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2009128013
Date:22.10.2009
Language:EN
[2009/43]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2269085
Date:05.01.2011
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.10.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2011/01]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP22.10.2009
ClassificationIPC:G01R33/58
[2011/01]
CPC:
G01R33/583 (EP,US); G01R33/5612 (EP,US); G01R33/288 (EP,US);
G01R33/5659 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2011/01]
TitleGerman:LOKALE UND GLOBALE SAR-SCHÄTZUNG IN ECHTZEIT FÜR DIE PATIENTENSICHERHEIT UND VERBESSERTE ABTASTLEISTUNG[2011/01]
English:REAL-TIME LOCAL AND GLOBAL SAR ESTIMATION FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND IMPROVED SCANNING PERFORMANCE[2011/01]
French:ESTIMATION LOCALE ET GLOBALE EN TEMPS RÉEL DU DÉBIT D'ABSORPTION D'ÉNERGIE (DAS), POUR LA SÉCURITÉ DES PATIENTS ET UNE EFFICACITÉ D'IMAGERIE AMÉLIORÉE[2011/01]
Entry into regional phase16.11.2010National basic fee paid 
16.11.2010Designation fee(s) paid 
16.11.2010Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.11.2010Examination requested  [2011/01]
11.02.2011Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report not received in time
18.04.2011Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
03.04.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
14.10.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.01.2014Date of oral proceedings
17.02.2014Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2020/04]
17.02.2014Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
10.12.2019Application refused, date of legal effect [2020/04]
Appeal following examination24.04.2014Appeal received No.  T1466/14
26.06.2014Statement of grounds filed
10.12.2019Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant withdrawn
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  03.04.2013
Request for further processing for:18.04.2011Request for further processing filed
18.04.2011Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
29.04.2011Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.05.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
02.05.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
02.05.2013Renewal fee patent year 05
31.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 06
30.04.2015Renewal fee patent year 07
02.05.2016Renewal fee patent year 08
02.05.2017Renewal fee patent year 09
30.04.2018Renewal fee patent year 10
30.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 11
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Cited inInternational search[X]WO2005001502  (KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL]; MORICH MICHAEL A [US]; HARVEY PAU) [X] 5,13-15 * page 1, line 16 - page 2, line 5 * * page 5, line 7 - page 7, line 10; figures 2-4 *;
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 [X]US2007108976  (MORICH MICHAEL A [US] ET AL) [X] 5-7,13-15 * paragraphs [0028] - [0040] - [0046] , [0047]; figures 1-5 *
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/MRM.21149
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 [Y]  - A.C.ZELINSKI ET AL., "Designing RF Pulses With Optimal Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Characteristics And Exploring Excitation Fidelity, SAR And Pulse Duration Tradeoffs", PROC.INTL.SOC.MAG.RESON.MED. 15, (2007), page 1699, XP002533633 [Y] 8-11 * the whole document *
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/JMRI.21149
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