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EP3858249 - ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  30.06.2023
Database last updated on 18.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  29.10.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  02.07.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip27.12.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.
3366, Hanseo-ro, Nam-myeon
Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon-do 25108 / KR
[2021/31]
Inventor(s)01 / Han, Songyi
Samsung Medison, 1077 East Central Tower
Cheonho-daero, Gangdong-gu
05340 Seoul / KR
02 / Kang, Yeonah
Samsung Medison, 1077 East Central Tower
Cheonho-daero, Gangdong-gu
05340 Seoul / KR
03 / Lee, Jaesung
Samsung Medison, 1077 East Central Tower
Cheonho-daero, Gangdong-gu
05340 Seoul / KR
 [2021/31]
Representative(s)Arnold & Siedsma
Bezuidenhoutseweg 57
2594 AC The Hague / NL
[2021/31]
Application number, filing date20216470.322.12.2020
[2021/31]
Priority number, dateKR2020001218531.01.2020         Original published format: KR 20200012185
[2021/31]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3858249
Date:04.08.2021
Language:EN
[2021/31]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.06.2021
ClassificationIPC:A61B8/08, A61B8/00
[2021/31]
CPC:
A61B8/0866 (EP,KR,US); A61B8/468 (US); A61B8/085 (US);
A61B8/0875 (EP,US); A61B8/14 (US); A61B8/4477 (EP);
A61B8/461 (EP,KR); A61B8/463 (US); A61B8/469 (KR,US);
A61B8/5207 (EP,US); A61B8/5223 (KR,US); A61B8/54 (KR,US);
G06T7/0012 (US); G06T7/70 (US); G16H15/00 (US);
G16H30/20 (US); G16H30/40 (US); A61B8/4405 (EP);
A61B8/4427 (EP); A61B8/464 (EP); A61B8/467 (EP);
A61B8/56 (EP); G06T2207/10132 (US); G06T2207/30044 (US);
G06T2207/30242 (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 [2021/48]
Former [2021/31]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 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:ULTRASCHALLBILDGEBUNGSVORRICHTUNG, VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG DAVON UND COMPUTERPROGRAMM[2021/31]
English:ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM[2021/31]
French:APPAREIL D'IMAGERIE À ULTRASONS, SON PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE ET PROGRAMME INFORMATIQUE[2021/31]
Examination procedure21.10.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.10.2021Examination requested  [2021/48]
21.10.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
04.07.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
06.11.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
27.12.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[Y]US2011125016  (LAZEBNIK ROEE [US], et al) [Y] 1-15 * the whole document *;
 [A]KR101868021B  (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]) [A] 1-15* the whole document *;
 [Y]  - BRONSHTEIN M ET AL, "Transvaginal sonographic diagnosis of fetal finger abnormalities in early gestation.", MEDLINE, US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM), BETHESDA, MD, US, (199508), Database accession no. NLM7474057, XP002803049 [Y] 1-15 * the whole document *
    [ ] - M BRONSHTEIN, S STAHL, E Z ZIMMER, "Transvaginal sonographic diagnosis of fetal finger abnormalities in early gestation.", JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE, (19950801), vol. 14, no. 8, doi:10.7863/jum.1995.14.8.591, ISSN 0278-4297, pages 591 - 595, XP002803199

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.7863/jum.1995.14.8.591
 [Y]  - Bromley1 ' Bryann ET AL, "Pictorial Essay Abnormalities of the Hands and Feet in the Fetus: Sonographic Findings Abnormalities of the Distal Limbs Associated with Chromosomal Defects", AJR, (19950101), pages 1239 - 1243, URL: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/pdf/10.2214/ajr.165.5.7572511, (20210520), XP055806393 [Y] 1-15 * the whole document *
 [Y]  - HATA T. ET AL, "Three-dimensional ultrasonographic assessment of fetal hands and feet : Three-dimensional ultrasonography of fetal hands and feet", ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, GB, (19981001), vol. 12, no. 4, doi:10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12040235.x, ISSN 0960-7692, pages 235 - 239, XP055806395 [Y] 1-15 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12040235.x
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