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EP2912483 - RADIO FREQUENCY BIRDCAGE COIL WITH SEPARATELY CONTROLLED RING MEMBERS AND RUNGS FOR USE IN A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2015/36]RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) BIRDCAGE COIL WITH SEPARATELY CONTROLLED RING MEMBERS AND RUNGS FOR USE IN A MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR) IMAGING SYSTEM
[2023/24]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  24.11.2023
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.06.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  05.06.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT, PL, PT, SK		published on 04.09.2024  [2024/36]
Applicant(s)For:AL  AT  BE  BG  CH  CY  CZ  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 
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 52
5656 AG Eindhoven / NL
For:DE 
Philips GmbH
Lübeckertordamm 5
20099 Hamburg / DE
[2020/12]
Former [2015/36]For:AL  AT  BE  BG  CH  CY  CZ  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 
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
For:DE 
Philips GmbH
Lübeckertordamm 5
20099 Hamburg / DE
Inventor(s)01 / LEUSSLER, Christoph
c/o High Tech Campus
Building 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
02 / WUELBERN, Jan, Hendrik
c/o High Tech Campus
Building 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
 [2023/52]
Former [2015/36]01 / LEUSSLER, Christoph
c/o High Tech Campus
Building 5
NL-5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
02 / WUELBERN, Jan, Hendrik
c/o High Tech Campus
Building 5
NL-5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
Representative(s)Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
High Tech Campus 52
5656 AG Eindhoven / NL
[2023/52]
Former [2015/36]Cohen, Julius Simon
Philips International B.V.
Intellectual Property & Standards
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
Application number, filing date13814619.614.10.2013
[2015/36]
WO2013IB59335
Priority number, dateUS201261718219P25.10.2012         Original published format: US 201261718219 P
[2015/36]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014064573
Date:01.05.2014
Language:EN
[2014/18]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2912483
Date:02.09.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.05.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/36]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2912483
Date:27.12.2023
Language:EN
[2023/52]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP01.05.2014
ClassificationIPC:G01R33/34, G01R33/36
[2015/36]
CPC:
G01R33/34076 (EP,US); G01R33/3614 (US); G01R33/3628 (EP,US);
G01R33/365 (EP,US); H01Q7/00 (US); G01R33/5659 (EP,US)
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 [2015/36]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:HOCHFREQUENZ-BIRDCAGE-SPULE MIT SEPARAT GESTEUERTEN RINGELEMENTEN UND SPROSSENLEITERN ZUR VERWENDUNG IN EINEM MAGNETRESONANZBILDGEBUNGSSYSTEM[2023/24]
English:RADIO FREQUENCY BIRDCAGE COIL WITH SEPARATELY CONTROLLED RING MEMBERS AND RUNGS FOR USE IN A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM[2023/24]
French:BOBINE RADIOFRÉQUENCE EN CAGE D'OISEAUX AVEC ÉLÉMENTS ANNULAIRES ET ÉCHELONS COMMANDÉS SÉPARÉMENT POUR UN SYSTÈME D'IMAGERIE PAR RÉSONANCE MAGNÉTIQUE[2023/24]
Former [2015/36]HOCHFREQUENZ (HF)-BIRDCAGESPULE MIT SEPARAT GESTEUERTEN RINGELEMENTEN UND SPROSSEN ZUR VERWENDUNG IN EINEM MAGNETRESONANZ (MR)-BILDGEBUNGSSYSTEM
Former [2015/36]RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) BIRDCAGE COIL WITH SEPARATELY CONTROLLED RING MEMBERS AND RUNGS FOR USE IN A MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR) IMAGING SYSTEM
Former [2015/36]BOBINE EN CAGE D'OISEAU RADIOFRÉQUENCE (RF) AVEC DES ÉLÉMENTS D'ANNEAU ET DES BARREAUX COMMANDÉS SÉPARÉMENT POUR UNE UTILISATION DANS UN SYSTÈME D'IMAGERIE À RÉSONANCE MAGNÉTIQUE (MR)
Entry into regional phase26.05.2015National basic fee paid 
26.05.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
26.05.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.04.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
26.05.2015Examination requested  [2015/36]
09.06.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.10.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.11.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.03.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.09.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
14.03.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.06.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.10.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
25.10.2023Fee for grant paid
25.10.2023Fee 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  09.06.2020
Fees paidRenewal fee
04.11.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
31.10.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
02.11.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
31.10.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
31.10.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
02.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 08
02.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 09
31.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 10
31.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT27.12.2023
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EE27.12.2023
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Cited inInternational search[XDI]EP1279968  (PHILIPS CORP INTELLECTUAL PTY [DE], et al) [XD] 1-9,11,13 * paragraph [0022] - paragraph [0025] * * figures 2-7 * [I] 10,12;
 [XI]US2006033497  (CHMIELEWSKI THOMAS [US], et al) [X] 1-10,13 * paragraph [0051] - paragraph [0054] * * paragraph [0080] - paragraph [0083] * * figures 3, 12 * [I] 11,12;
 [XI]WO2006090293  (KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL], et al) [X] 1-9,13 * page 5, line 12 - page 8, line 5 * * figures 2-4B * [I] 10-12;
 [A]WO2009074966  (KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL], et al) [A] 1-13 * figures 2, 4 *;
 [T]WO2012143833  (KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL], et al) [T] 1-13* figure 6 *
by applicantEP1279968
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    - TROPP J., "The theory of the bird-cage resonator", J MAGN RESON, (1989), vol. 82, pages 51 - 62
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