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EP About this file: EP2649944

EP2649944 - ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  02.11.2018
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  26.07.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip02.11.2018Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 05.12.2018  [2018/49]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hitachi, Ltd.
6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8280 / JP
[2016/45]
Former [2013/42]For all designated states
Hitachi Medical Corporation
4-14-1, Sotokanda Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-0021 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / TABARU Marie
c/o Hitachi Ltd., Intellectual Property Group
12th floor Marunouchi Center Building, 6-1
Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8220 / JP
02 / AZUMA Takashi
c/o Hitachi Ltd., Intellectual Property Group
12th floor Marunouchi Center Building, 6-1
Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8220 / JP
03 / YOSHIKAWA Hideki
c/o Hitachi Ltd., Intellectual Property Group
12th floor Marunouchi Center Building, 6-1
Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8220 / JP
04 / HASHIBA Kunio
c/o Hitachi Ltd., Intellectual Property Group
12th floor Marunouchi Center Building, 6-1
Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8220 / JP
 [2013/42]
Representative(s)MERH-IP Matias Erny Reichl Hoffmann Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Paul-Heyse-Strasse 29
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2013/42]MERH-IP Matias Erny Reichl Hoffmann
Paul-Heyse-Strasse 29
80336 München / DE
Application number, filing date11846461.901.12.2011
WO2011JP77853
Priority number, dateJP2010027356508.12.2010         Original published format: JP 2010273565
[2013/42]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2012077579
Date:14.06.2012
Language:JA
[2012/24]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2649944
Date:16.10.2013
Language:EN
[2013/42]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP14.06.2012
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.01.2017
ClassificationIPC:A61B8/08, G01S7/52
[2017/08]
CPC:
A61B8/08 (EP,US); A61B8/485 (EP,US); G01S7/52049 (EP,US);
A61B8/0825 (EP,US); A61B8/0891 (EP,US); G01S7/52071 (EP,US);
G01S7/52073 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2013/42]A61B8/08
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   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,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2013/42]
TitleGerman:ULTRASCHALLDIAGNOSEVORRICHTUNG[2013/42]
English:ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS[2013/42]
French:DISPOSITIF DE DIAGNOSTIC PAR ULTRASONS[2013/42]
Entry into regional phase06.06.2013Translation filed 
08.07.2013National basic fee paid 
08.07.2013Search fee paid 
08.07.2013Designation fee(s) paid 
08.07.2013Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.07.2013Examination requested  [2013/42]
24.04.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
03.07.2018Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2018/49]
27.07.2018Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time  [2018/49]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.01.2014Renewal fee patent year 03
05.01.2015Renewal fee patent year 04
04.01.2016Renewal fee patent year 05
02.01.2017Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[XAI]US2008249408  (PALMERI MARK L [US] ET AL) [X] 1,3,7-11,13,15 * abstract * * paragraph [0050] - paragraph [0123] * * figures 1-4,7-8 * [A] 2,5,6,12 [I] 4,14;
 [XAY]US5810731  (SARVAZYAN ARMEN P [US] ET AL) [X] 1,3,7-11,13,15 * abstract * * column 4, line 64 - column 8, line 13 * * figures 1-4,6-7 * [A] 2,5,6,12 [Y] 4,14;
 [XAY]US2010286516  (FAN LIEXIANG [US] ET AL) [X] 1,3,7-11,13,15 * the whole document * [A] 2,5,6,12 [Y] 4,14;
 [YD]  - DEFFIEUX T ET AL, "Shear Wave Spectroscopy for In Vivo Quantification of Human Soft Tissues Visco-Elasticity", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, (20090301), vol. 28, no. 3, ISSN 0278-0062, pages 313 - 322, XP011247217 [YD] 4,14 * abstract * * page 315, paragraph B. Estimation of the Phase Velocity Dispersion - page 317 *
 [A]  - MARIE TABARU ET AL, "Measurement of Elastic Properties of Tissue by Shear Wave Propagation Generated by Acoustic Radiation Force", JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, (20100701), vol. 49, no. 7, doi:10.1143/JJAP.49.07HF09, ISSN 0021-4922, pages 07HF01 - 07HF09, XP055186125 [A] 1-15 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.49.07HF09
 [A]  - SHIGAO CHEN ET AL, "Shearwave dispersion ultrasound vibrometry (SDUV) for measuring tissue elasticity and viscosity", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL, IEEE, US, (20090101), vol. 56, no. 1, doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1005, ISSN 0885-3010, pages 55 - 62, XP011267403 [A] 1-15 * abstract * * page 56 - page 59 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1005
International search[Y]JP2003530941  (KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.);
 [Y]JP2010259806  (SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.);
 [Y]JP2010069295  (GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.);
 [Y]JP2002538911  (SOCIETE D'ELASTOGRAPHIE IMPULSIONNELLE POUR LES SYSTEMES DE MESURE DE);
 [A]US2008249408  (MARK L. PALMERI);
 [A]US2010286520  (CHRISTOPHER ROBERT HAZARD);
 [A]JP2008534198  (CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE);
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 [A]  - MARIE TABARU ET AL., "Choonpa Hosharyoku ni yoru Danseiritsu Keisoku", REPORT OF THE 2010 SPRING MEETING, (201003), pages 1279 - 1280, XP008172083
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