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EP3468475 - USING REFLECTED SHEAR WAVES FOR MONITORING LESION GROWTH IN THERMAL ABLATIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.01.2021
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  07.02.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  10.10.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.03.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  16.12.2017
Formerunknown
Status updated on  25.07.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip15.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 17.08.2022  [2022/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 52
5656 AG Eindhoven / NL
[2020/12]
Former [2019/16]For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
Inventor(s)01 / MERAL, Faik Can
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
02 / SETHURAMAN, Shriram
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
03 / YAN, Pingkun
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
04 / SHI, William Tao
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
05 / KRUECKER, Jochen
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
 [2019/16]
Representative(s)Groenendaal, Greetje
Philips International B.V.
Intellectual Property & Standards
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
[2019/16]
Application number, filing date17739199.205.06.2017
[2019/16]
WO2017EP63598
Priority number, dateUS201662348302P10.06.2016         Original published format: US 201662348302 P
[2019/16]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2017211757
Date:14.12.2017
Language:EN
[2017/50]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3468475
Date:17.04.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.12.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/16]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3468475
Date:11.03.2020
Language:EN
[2020/11]
Type: B8 Corrected title page of specification 
No.:EP3468475
Date:15.04.2020
[2020/16]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP14.12.2017
ClassificationIPC:A61B8/08
[2019/16]
CPC:
A61B8/085 (EP,US); A61B8/485 (EP,US); G01S7/52022 (EP,US);
G01S7/52026 (EP,US); G01S7/52042 (EP,US); G16H30/40 (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 [2019/16]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERWENDUNG VON REFLEKTIERTEN SCHERWELLEN ZUR ÜBERWACHUNG DES LÄSIONSWACHSTUMS IN THERMISCHEN ABLATIONEN[2019/16]
English:USING REFLECTED SHEAR WAVES FOR MONITORING LESION GROWTH IN THERMAL ABLATIONS[2019/16]
French:UTILISATION D'ONDES DE CISAILLEMENT RÉFLÉCHIES POUR SURVEILLER LA CROISSANCE DE LÉSIONS DANS DES ABLATIONS THERMIQUES[2019/16]
Entry into regional phase10.01.2019National basic fee paid 
10.01.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
10.01.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.01.2019Examination requested  [2019/16]
10.01.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
11.10.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.02.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
03.02.2020Fee for grant paid
03.02.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)14.12.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2021/07]
Fees paidRenewal fee
01.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
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Cited inInternational search[A]US2015305717  (HOLLENDER PETER J [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * paragraph [0063] * * paragraph [0076] *;
 [A]  - PENGFEI SONG ET AL, "Comb-Push Ultrasound Shear Elastography (CUSE): A Novel Method for Two-Dimensional Shear Elasticity Imaging of Soft Tissues", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, (20120901), vol. 31, no. 9, doi:10.1109/TMI.2012.2205586, ISSN 0278-0062, pages 1821 - 1832, XP011518757 [A] 1-15 * section "II. MATERIALS AND METHODS", "Principles of Comb-Push" * * section "II. MATERIALS AND METHODS", "Directional Filtering" * * figure 12 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2012.2205586
 [A]  - PENGFEI SONG ET AL, "Fast Shear Compounding Using Robust 2-D Shear Wave Speed Calculation and Multi-directional Filtering", ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY, (20140601), vol. 40, no. 6, doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.12.026, ISSN 0301-5629, pages 1343 - 1355, XP055185962 [A] 1-15 * section "Multi-directional filtering and fast shear compounding" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.12.026
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