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EP3382439 - MICROSCOPE, OBSERVATION METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Examination is in progress Status updated on 05.02.2021 Database last updated on 09.09.2024
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 31.08.2018
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 02.06.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	19.04.2024	New entry: Reply to examination report
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Nikon Corporation 15-3, Konan 2-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 108-6290 / JP
	[2018/40]
Inventor(s)	01 / SASE, Ichiro c/o NIKON CORPORATION 15-3 Konan 2-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 108-6290 / JP
	02 / KANEKO, Yasutoshi c/o NIKON CORPORATION 15-3 Konan 2-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 108-6290 / JP
	03 / FUKUI, Tatsuo c/o NIKON CORPORATION 15-3 Konan 2-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 108-6290 / JP
	[2018/40]
Representative(s)	Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München / DE
	[2018/40]
Application number, filing date	15909327.7	27.11.2015
	[2018/40]
	WO2015JP83510
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2017090210
	Date:	01.06.2017
	Language:	JA
	[2017/22]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3382439
	Date:	03.10.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/40]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	01.06.2017
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	11.11.2019
Classification	IPC:	G02B21/00, G01N21/64, G02B21/36	[2019/50]
	CPC:	G02B21/367 (EP,US); G01N21/64 (EP,US); G01N21/6458 (US); G02B21/00 (EP,US); G02B21/02 (US); G02B21/16 (US); (+) G02B21/26 (US); G02B21/368 (US); G06T15/08 (US); G06T7/50 (US); G06T7/70 (US); H04N23/63 (EP,US); G06T2207/10056 (US); G06T2207/10064 (US) (-)
	Former IPC [2018/40]	G02B21/00, G01N21/64, H04N5/232
Designated contracting states	AL, 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 [2018/40]
Title	German:	MIKROSKOP, BEOBACHTUNGSVERFAHREN UND BILDVERARBEITUNGSPROGRAMM	[2018/40]
	English:	MICROSCOPE, OBSERVATION METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM	[2018/40]
	French:	MICROSCOPE, PROCÉDÉ D'OBSERVATION ET PROGRAMME DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGE	[2018/40]
Entry into regional phase	14.06.2018	Translation filed
	14.06.2018	National basic fee paid
	14.06.2018	Search fee paid
	14.06.2018	Designation fee(s) paid
	14.06.2018	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	14.06.2018	Examination requested [2018/40]
	14.06.2018	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	16.03.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	09.02.2021	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	21.04.2021	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.09.2022	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	15.11.2022	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.01.2024	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.04.2024	Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.06.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.11.2019	Renewal fee patent year 05
	13.11.2020	Renewal fee patent year 06
	30.11.2021	Renewal fee patent year 07
	13.10.2022	Renewal fee patent year 08
	29.09.2023	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Documents cited:	Search	[Y]WO2008091296 (HARVARD COLLEGE [US], et al) [Y] 1,2,5-9 * page 37, line 17 - line 30 *;
		[Y]WO2008139799 (CANON KK [JP], et al) [Y] 1,2,5-9 * page 85, line 9 - page 87, line 13; figures 12-14 *;
		[Y]WO2012039636 (SOELLER CHRISTIAN [NZ], et al) [Y] 7,8* page 15, line 1 - line 12; figure 10 *;
		[XY]DE102013106895 (LEICA MICROSYSTEMS [DE]) [X] 1-6,9-15 * paragraph [0002] - paragraph [0074]; figures 1-12 * [Y] 7,8;
		[Y] - MARK BATES ET AL, "Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM): A Method for Superresolution Fluorescence Imaging", COLD SPRING HARBOR PROTOCOL, United States, (20130601), vol. 2013, no. 6, doi:10.1101/pdb.top075143, ISSN 1940-3402, pages 498 - 520, XP055364779 [Y] 7,8 * page 517, paragraph 1 - page 518, paragraph 1; figure 11 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/pdb.top075143
		[Y] - BASSAM HAJJ ET AL, "Whole-cell, multicolor superresolution imaging using volumetric multifocus microscopy", PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (PNAS), US, (20141124), vol. 111, no. 49, doi:10.1073/pnas.1412396111, ISSN 0027-8424, pages 17480 - 17485, XP055545245 [Y] 7,8 * page 17482, column 2, paragraph 1 - page 17483, column 1, paragraph 1; figure 4 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1412396111
		[Y] - Graham T. Dempsey, "A User's Guide to Localization-Based Super-Resolution Fluorescence Imaging", METHODS IN CELL BIOLOGY, US, Academ. Press, (20130101), vol. 114, pages 561 - 592, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-407761-4.00024-5, ISSN 0091-679X, XP055592001 [Y] 7,8 * page 58, paragraph 3 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-407761-4.00024-5
	International search	[A]WO2008069220 (NIKON CORP [JP], et al) [A] 1-17 * , claims; first to second carrying-out modes & US 2009/0201366 A1 claims; first, second embodiments & EP 2081071 A1 *;
		[A]JP2008298767 (CANON KK) [A] 1-17* , paragraph [0077] & US 2010/0166293 A1 & US 2012/0218557 A1 & WO 2008/139799 A1 description, page 36, lines 12 to 14 & EP 2152144 A & CN 101674770 A & CN 103251383 A *;
		[A]JP2010500563 (President and Fellows of Harvard College) [A] 1-17 * , claims; examples & US 2008/0182336 A1 claims; examples & US 2008/0032414 A1 & US 2010/0297777 A1 & US 2010/0316269 A1 & US 2012/0009589 A1 & US 2013/0001436 A1 & US 2014/0326922 A1 & WO 2008/091296 A2 & EP 2049933 A & EP 2378343 A2 *;
		[A]JP2012138068 (CANON KK) [A] 1-17 * , paragraphs [0103], [0104] & US 2012/0147224 A1 paragraphs [0169], [0170] & US 2012/0147232 A1 *

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