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EP About this file: EP3672494

EP3672494 - DETECTION OF B-LINES IN LUNG ULTRASOUND [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2020/27]DETECTION, PRESENTATION AND REPORTING OF B-LINES IN LUNG ULTRASOUND
[2023/28]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  27.10.2023
Database last updated on 09.09.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  25.06.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  08.04.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  29.05.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  02.03.2019
Formerunknown
Status updated on  07.09.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT, PT, SK		published on 04.09.2024  [2024/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 52
5656 AG Eindhoven / NL
[2020/27]
Inventor(s)01 / XU, Jingping
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
02 / RAJU, Balasundar, Iyyavu
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
03 / WANG, Shougang
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
 [2020/27]
Representative(s)Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
High Tech Campus 52
5656 AG Eindhoven / NL
[2023/48]
Former [2020/27]Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
Application number, filing date18759280.317.08.2018
[2020/27]
WO2018EP72370
Priority number, dateWO2017CN9827221.08.2017         Original published format: PCT/CN2017/098272
EP2017020126913.11.2017         Original published format: EP 17201269
[2020/27]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019038210
Date:28.02.2019
Language:EN
[2019/09]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3672494
Date:01.07.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.02.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/27]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3672494
Date:29.11.2023
Language:EN
[2023/48]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP28.02.2019
ClassificationIPC:A61B8/08
[2020/27]
CPC:
A61B8/085 (EP,US); A61B8/5207 (EP,US); A61B8/461 (US);
A61B8/0858 (EP); A61B8/5269 (EP)
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 [2020/27]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:ERKENNUNG VON B-LINIEN IM LUNGENULTRASCHALL[2023/28]
English:DETECTION OF B-LINES IN LUNG ULTRASOUND[2023/28]
French:DÉTECTION DE LIGNES B DANS DES ULTRASONS PULMONAIRES[2023/28]
Former [2020/27]ERKENNUNG, DARSTELLUNG UND MELDUNG VON B-LINIEN IM LUNGENULTRASCHALL
Former [2020/27]DETECTION, PRESENTATION AND REPORTING OF B-LINES IN LUNG ULTRASOUND
Former [2020/27]DÉTECTION, PRÉSENTATION ET RAPPORT DE LIGNES B DANS DES ULTRASONS PULMONAIRES
Entry into regional phase23.03.2020National basic fee paid 
23.03.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
23.03.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.03.2020Examination requested  [2020/27]
23.03.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
06.10.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.04.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.07.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.06.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
23.10.2023Fee for grant paid
23.10.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
23.10.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
31.08.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
31.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
31.08.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT29.11.2023
CZ29.11.2023
DK29.11.2023
EE29.11.2023
ES29.11.2023
HR29.11.2023
IT29.11.2023
LT29.11.2023
LV29.11.2023
NL29.11.2023
PL29.11.2023
RO29.11.2023
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SM29.11.2023
BG29.02.2024
NO29.02.2024
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IS29.03.2024
PT01.04.2024
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Cited inInternational search[XI]US2017086790  (HALMANN MENACHEM [US], et al) [X] 1,2,5,6,8-14,17,19,20 * paragraphs [0031] , [0056] , [0057] , [0058] , [0059] , [0061] , [0063] , [0064] , [0073]; figures 1,5,7,8 * [I] 3,4,7,15,16,18;
 [A]  - MOSHAVEGH RAMIN ET AL, "Novel automatic detection of pleura and B-lines (comet-tail artifacts) on in vivo lung ultrasound scans", PROGRESS IN BIOMEDICAL OPTICS AND IMAGING, SPIE - INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING, BELLINGHAM, WA, US, (20160401), vol. 9790, doi:10.1117/12.2216499, ISSN 1605-7422, ISBN 978-1-5106-0027-0, pages 97900K - 97900K, XP060065636 [A] 1-20 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2216499
 [A]  - LAURA J. BRATTAIN ET AL, "Automated B-Line Scoring on Thoracic Sonography", JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE., United States, (20131201), vol. 32, no. 12, doi:10.7863/ultra.32.12.2185, ISSN 0278-4297, pages 2185 - 2190, XP055437464 [A] 1-20 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.7863/ultra.32.12.2185
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