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EP3497464 - PHASE OFFSET DETERMINATION IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.05.2021
Database last updated on 18.05.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  12.06.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  04.02.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  17.05.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  17.02.2018
Formerunknown
Status updated on  19.07.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip27.04.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 29.05.2024 [2024/22]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Medizinische Universität Wien
Spitalgasse 23
1090 Wien / AT
[2019/25]
Inventor(s)01 / ROBINSON, Simon
Paletzgasse 22-24/35
1160 Wien / AT
02 / ECKSTEIN, Korbinian
Hamerlingplatz 2/2
1080 Wien / AT
 [2019/25]
Representative(s)Weiser & Voith Patentanwälte Partnerschaft
Kopfgasse 7
1130 Wien / AT
[2019/25]
Application number, filing date17736879.209.06.2017
[2019/25]
WO2017EP64131
Priority number, dateEP2016018322808.08.2016         Original published format: EP 16183228
[2019/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018028855
Date:15.02.2018
Language:EN
[2018/07]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3497464
Date:19.06.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.02.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3497464
Date:15.07.2020
Language:EN
[2020/29]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP15.02.2018
ClassificationIPC:G01R33/565
[2019/25]
CPC:
G01R33/565 (EP,US); G01R33/56563 (US); A61B5/055 (US);
A61B5/7257 (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 [2019/25]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:PHASENVERSCHIEBUNGSBESTIMMUNG IN MAGNETRESONANZBILDGEBUNG[2019/25]
English:PHASE OFFSET DETERMINATION IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING[2019/25]
French:DÉTERMINATION DE DÉCALAGE DE PHASE DANS L'IMAGERIE PAR RÉSONANCE MAGNÉTIQUE[2020/06]
Former [2019/25]DÉTERMINATION DU DÉCALAGE DE PHASE EN IMAGERIE PAR RÉSONANCE MAGNÉTIQUE
Entry into regional phase17.01.2019National basic fee paid 
17.01.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
17.01.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.01.2019Examination requested  [2019/25]
17.01.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
05.02.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.06.2020Fee for grant paid
02.06.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
02.06.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)16.04.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/25]
Fees paidRenewal fee
03.05.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
02.06.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[A]EP1310211  (HITACHI MEDICAL CORP [JP]) [A] 1 * paragraph [0012] - paragraph [0015] *;
 [AD]  - SIMON ROBINSON ET AL, "Combining Phase Images From Multi-Channel RF Coils Using 3D Phase Offset Maps Derived From a Dual-Echo Scan", MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC, US, (20110219), vol. 65, no. 6, doi:10.1002/MRM.22753, ISSN 0740-3194, pages 1638 - 1648, XP002657573 [AD] 1-12 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/MRM.22753
 [AD]  - HAMMOND ET AL, "Development of a robust method for generating 7.0 T multichannel phase images of the brain with application to normal volunteers and patients with neurological diseases", NEUROIMAGE, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, (20071107), vol. 39, no. 4, doi:10.1016/J.NEUROIMAGE.2007.10.037, ISSN 1053-8119, pages 1682 - 1692, XP022498949 [AD] 1-12 * page 1683, paragraph 3 - page 1684, column l *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.10.037
 [A]  - SIMON ROBINSON ET AL, "A method for unwrapping highly wrapped multi-echo phase images at very high field: UMPIRE", MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE., US, (20130730), vol. 72, no. 1, doi:10.1002/mrm.24897, ISSN 0740-3194, pages 80 - 92, XP055344790 [A] 1 * page 81, column r, paragraph 2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.24897
by applicant   - ROEMER, P.B. et al., "The NMR phased array", Magn Reson Med, (19900000), vol. 16, pages 192 - 225, XP000175903
    - HAMMOND, K.E. et al., "Development of a robust method for generating 7.0 T multichannel phase images of the brain with application to normal volunteers and patients with neurological diseases", NeuroImage, (20080000), vol. 39, doi:doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.10.037, pages 1682 - 1692, XP022498949

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.10.037
    - ROBINSON, S. et al., "Combining phase images from multi-channel RF coils using 3D phase offset maps derived from a dual-echo scan", Magn Reson Med, (20110000), vol. 65, doi:doi:10.1002/MRM.22753, pages 1638 - 1648, XP002657874

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/MRM.22753
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