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EP About this file: EP3533031

EP3533031 - A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.06.2024
Database last updated on 12.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  14.07.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  18.04.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  07.07.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  02.08.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  05.05.2018
Formerunknown
Status updated on  30.10.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip20.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU		published on 24.07.2024 [2024/30]
20.06.2024No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 24.07.2024 [2024/30]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 52
5656 AG Eindhoven / NL
[2020/12]
Former [2019/36]For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
Inventor(s)01 / SCHMIDT-RICHBERG, Alexander
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
02 / WAECHTER-STEHLE, Irina
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
03 / BERGTHOLDT, Martin
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
04 / PETERS, Jochen
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
05 / WEESE, Rolf, Jürgen
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
 [2019/36]
Representative(s)Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
High Tech Campus 52
5656 AG Eindhoven / NL
[2023/33]
Former [2019/36]Zhu, Di
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
Application number, filing date17786939.320.10.2017
[2019/36]
WO2017EP76854
Priority number, dateEP2016019543625.10.2016         Original published format: EP 16195436
[2019/36]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018077747
Date:03.05.2018
Language:EN
[2018/18]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3533031
Date:04.09.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.05.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/36]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3533031
Date:16.08.2023
Language:EN
[2023/33]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.05.2018
ClassificationIPC:G06T7/11, G06T7/149, G06T7/12
[2019/36]
CPC:
G06T7/11 (EP,US); G06T7/0012 (US); G06T7/12 (EP,US);
G06T7/149 (EP,US); G06T2207/10072 (US); G06T2207/10132 (EP,US);
G06T2207/30048 (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 [2019/36]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR SEGMENTIERUNG EINES ZWEIDIMENSIONALEN BILDES EINER ANATOMISCHEN STRUKTUR[2019/36]
English:A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE[2019/36]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT DE SEGMENTER UNE IMAGE BIDIMENSIONNELLE D'UNE STRUCTURE ANATOMIQUE[2023/17]
Former [2019/36]PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL DE SEGMENTATION D'UNE IMAGE BIDIMENSIONNELLE D'UNE STRUCTURE ANATOMIQUE
Entry into regional phase27.05.2019National basic fee paid 
27.05.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
27.05.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure27.05.2019Examination requested  [2019/36]
27.05.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
13.12.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.07.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.12.2020Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
18.02.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.11.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
17.05.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.04.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.07.2023Fee for grant paid
05.07.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
05.07.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)17.05.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/30]
Request for further processing for:The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
18.02.2021Request for further processing filed
18.02.2021Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
02.03.2021Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.10.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
02.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
02.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
31.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT16.08.2023
CZ16.08.2023
DK16.08.2023
EE16.08.2023
ES16.08.2023
FI16.08.2023
HR16.08.2023
LT16.08.2023
LV16.08.2023
MC16.08.2023
NL16.08.2023
PL16.08.2023
RO16.08.2023
RS16.08.2023
SE16.08.2023
SK16.08.2023
SM16.08.2023
LU20.10.2023
NO16.11.2023
GR17.11.2023
IS16.12.2023
PT18.12.2023
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Former [2024/28]AT16.08.2023
CZ16.08.2023
DK16.08.2023
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FI16.08.2023
HR16.08.2023
LT16.08.2023
LV16.08.2023
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NL16.08.2023
PL16.08.2023
RO16.08.2023
RS16.08.2023
SE16.08.2023
SK16.08.2023
SM16.08.2023
NO16.11.2023
GR17.11.2023
IS16.12.2023
PT18.12.2023
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CZ16.08.2023
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FI16.08.2023
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NO16.11.2023
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PT18.12.2023
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FI16.08.2023
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LV16.08.2023
NL16.08.2023
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RS16.08.2023
SE16.08.2023
SM16.08.2023
NO16.11.2023
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PT18.12.2023
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FI16.08.2023
HR16.08.2023
LT16.08.2023
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NL16.08.2023
PL16.08.2023
RS16.08.2023
SE16.08.2023
NO16.11.2023
GR17.11.2023
IS16.12.2023
PT18.12.2023
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FI16.08.2023
LT16.08.2023
NL16.08.2023
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NO16.11.2023
GR17.11.2023
IS16.12.2023
Former [2024/08]LT16.08.2023
NL16.08.2023
NO16.11.2023
GR17.11.2023
Cited inInternational search[X]US6106466  (SHEEHAN FLORENCE H [US], et al) [X] 1,2,4,13,14 * abstract *;
 [X]WO02093494  (SIEMENS CORP RES INC [US]) [X] 1,2,4,13,14 * abstract * * Summary of the Invention; page 5, line 17 - line 25 *;
 [X]US2005004446  (COWAN BRETT [NZ], et al) [X] 1,2,4,13,14 * abstract *;
 [XAI]  - VAN ASSEN H C ET AL, "SPASM: A 3D-ASM for segmentation of sparse and arbitrarily oriented cardiac MRI data", MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXOFRD, GB, vol. 10, no. 2, doi:10.1016/J.MEDIA.2005.12.001, ISSN 1361-8415, (20060401), pages 286 - 303, (20060401), XP028013455 [X] 1-7,9,11-14 * abstract * * sections: 1. Introduction; 2.3 Matching algorithm; 3.1.1. Data acquisition * [A] 8 [I] 10,15

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2005.12.001
 [X]  - MA M ET AL, "Model driven quantification of left ventricular function from sparse single-beat 3D echocardiography", MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXOFRD, GB, vol. 14, no. 4, doi:10.1016/J.MEDIA.2010.04.004, ISSN 1361-8415, (20100801), pages 582 - 593, (20100601), XP027068769 [X] 1,13,14 * abstract * * section 2.3. Model Matching *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2010.04.004
 [X]  - MA MENG ET AL, Left Ventricle Segmentation from Contrast Enhanced Fast Rotating Ultrasound Images Using Three Dimensional Active Shape Models, NETWORK AND PARALLEL COMPUTING; [LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE; LECT.NOTES COMPUTER], SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING, CHAM, PAGE(S) 295 - 302, (20090603), ISSN 0302-9743, ISBN 978-3-642-28938-5, XP047377035 [X] 1,13,14 * abstract * * section 2.3. Model Matching *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01932-6_32
 [X]  - HANSC VAN ASSEN ET AL, SPASM: Segmentation of Sparse and Arbitrarily Oriented Cardiac MRI Data Using a 3D-ASM, FUNCTIONAL IMAGING AND MODELING OF THE HEART; [LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE;;LNCS], SPRINGER-VERLAG, BERLIN/HEIDELBERG, PAGE(S) 33 - 43, (20050610), ISBN 978-3-540-26161-2, XP019010121 [X] 1,13,14 * abstract *
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