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EP About this file: EP4096509

EP4096509 - FREQUENCY-COMB GENERATION BASED ON ELECTRO-OPTIC PHASE-CODE MODE-LOCKING FOR CIRCULAR-RANGING OCT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  04.11.2022
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  14.01.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip29.01.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114 / US
[2022/49]
Inventor(s)01 / VAKOC, Benjamin
36 Epping Street
Arlington, MA 02474 / US
02 / KIM, Tae, Shik
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114 / US
 [2022/49]
Representative(s)Maiwald GmbH
Engineering
Elisenhof
Elisenstrasse 3
80335 München / DE
[2022/49]
Application number, filing date21776191.529.01.2021
[2022/49]
WO2021US15753
Priority number, dateUS202062968299P31.01.2020         Original published format: US 202062968299 P
[2022/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2021194630
Date:30.09.2021
Language:EN
[2021/39]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP4096509
Date:07.12.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.09.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/49]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US13.01.2022
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.01.2024
ClassificationIPC:A61B5/00, G01B9/02, G01K11/32, G02B6/293, H01S3/08, H01S3/106, G02F1/39, G01B9/02091, H01S3/08022, H01S3/083, H01S3/107, G01B9/02001, H01S3/1109, H01S5/14
[2024/08]
CPC:
G02F1/39 (EP); G01B9/02008 (EP,US); G01B9/02091 (EP);
G02F1/213 (EP,US); H01S3/08013 (EP); H01S3/083 (EP,US);
H01S3/107 (EP,US); H01S3/1109 (EP); G02F2203/50 (EP,US);
G02F2203/54 (EP); G02F2203/56 (EP); H01S3/08027 (EP);
H01S5/146 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2022/49]A61B5/00, G01B9/02, G01K11/32, G02B6/293, H01S3/08, H01S3/106
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 [2022/49]
TitleGerman:FREQUENZKAMMERZEUGUNG BASIEREND AUF DER BASIS EINER ELEKTROOPTISCHEN PHASENCODE-MODUSVERRIEGELUNG FÜR OCT MIT KREISFÖRMIGER ENTFERNUNGSMESSUNG[2022/49]
English:FREQUENCY-COMB GENERATION BASED ON ELECTRO-OPTIC PHASE-CODE MODE-LOCKING FOR CIRCULAR-RANGING OCT[2022/49]
French:GÉNÉRATION DE PEIGNE DE FRÉQUENCES BASÉE SUR UN VERROUILLAGE DE MODE DE CODE DE PHASE ÉLECTRO-OPTIQUE POUR TCO À TÉLÉMÉTRIE CIRCULAIRE[2022/49]
Entry into regional phase16.08.2022National basic fee paid 
16.08.2022Search fee paid 
16.08.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
16.08.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.08.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.08.2022Examination requested  [2022/49]
Divisional application(s)EP22191202.5  / EP4113206
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.01.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
29.01.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO2004107033  (UNIV ST ANDREWS [GB], et al) [A] 1-19 * figure 1 *;
 [Y]WO2009139481  (CANON KK [JP], et al) [Y] 1-19 * page 7, line 19 - page 8, line 13 * * page 8, line 25 - page 9, line 25 * * page 10, line 10 - line 25 * * page 14, line 26 - page 15, line 16 * * page 18, line 4 - page 19, line 24 * * page 20, line 15 - line 20 * * page 23, line 13 - page 24, line 3 *;
 [Y]US2012294319  (MALEKI LUTE [US], et al) [Y] 1-19 * paragraph [0056] - paragraph [0057] * * figure 17 * * paragraph [0094] * * paragraph [0047] - paragraph [0048] * * paragraph [0044] * * paragraph [0098] *;
 [A]US2018307118  (SCIANCALEPORE CORRADO [FR], et al) [A] 1 * paragraph [0055] - paragraph [0057] * * paragraph [0085] - paragraph [0089] *;
 [A]US2019049232  (VAKOC BENJAMIN [US], et al) [A] 1,2,4-6,9,10,14,19 * paragraphs [0047] , [0 70] , [0 81] , [0 82] , [0 84] , [0 85] , [ 127] , [ 131] , [ 134] * * figures 1, 23 *;
 [A]US2019317379  (HERR TOBIAS [CH], et al) [A] 1 * paragraph [0001] * * paragraph [0070] - paragraph [0071] *;
 [A]WO2019213137  (HARVARD COLLEGE [US]) [A] 7,14 * paragraph [0364] - paragraph [0365] * * paragraph [0371] - paragraph [0372] * * paragraph [0467] * * paragraph [0509] *;
 [A]  - ZHANG PENGFEI ET AL, "Aperture phase modulation with adaptive optics: a novel approach for speckle reduction and structure extraction in optical coherence tomography", BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS, United States, vol. 10, no. 2, doi:10.1364/BOE.10.000552, ISSN 2156-7085, (20190115), page 552, URL: https://www.osapublishing.org/viewmedia.cfm?URI=boe-10-2-552, (20231215), XP093112845 [A] 1 * abstract * * figure 1 * * Methods; paragraph [0002] *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/BOE.10.000552
International search[A]JP5495506B  (CONON, INC) [A] 1-38 * ; see machine translation *;
 [A]US2016363435  (EVERETT MATTHEW J [US], et al) [A] 1-38* ; entire document *;
 [A]US2019006812  (LANGSETH JASON E [US], et al) [A] 1-38 * ; entire document *;
 [A]US2019049232  (VAKOC BENJAMIN [US], et al) [A] 1-38 * ; entire document *
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