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EP About this file: EP0355042

EP0355042 - Low data rate low noise serial digital communications link for magnetic resonance imaging systems [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.01.1997
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip30.11.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
Updated state(s): FR		published on 02.01.2008  [2008/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
The Regents of the University of California
(OIPA) Wilshire Center
Suite 1200
10920 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1406 / US
[N/P]
Former [1990/08]For all designated states
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
2199 Addison Street
Berkeley, California 94720 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Hoenninger III, John C.
2616 Beaconsfield Place
Oakland California 94611 / US
02 / Hosier, Kenneth E., Jr.
P.O. Box 752
Orinda California 94563 / US
[1990/08]
Representative(s)Pellmann, Hans-Bernd
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4-6
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1994/08]Pellmann, Hans-Bernd, Dipl.-Ing.
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
D-80336 München / DE
Former [1993/51]Pellmann, Hans-Bernd, Dipl.-Ing.
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
D-80336 München / DE
Former [1990/08]Smith, Norman Ian
F.J. CLEVELAND & COMPANY 40-43 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1JQ / GB
Application number, filing date89301623.820.02.1989
[1990/08]
Priority number, dateUS1988023536219.08.1988         Original published format: US 235362
US1988029195629.12.1988         Original published format: US 291956
[1990/08]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0355042
Date:21.02.1990
Language:EN
[1990/08]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0355042
Date:09.01.1991
Language:EN
[1991/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0355042
Date:27.03.1996
Language:EN
[1996/13]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.11.1990
ClassificationIPC:G01R33/54
[1990/08]
CPC:
G01R33/54 (EP,US); G05B19/0423 (EP,US); G05B2219/21097 (EP,US);
G05B2219/25037 (EP,US); G05B2219/25051 (EP,US); G05B2219/25197 (EP,US);
G05B2219/25241 (EP,US); G05B2219/25267 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1990/08]
TitleGerman:Seriell digitale Kommunikationsverbindung mit niedriger Datenrate und niedrigem Rauschen für Bilderzeugungssysteme mittels magnetischer Resonanz[1990/08]
English:Low data rate low noise serial digital communications link for magnetic resonance imaging systems[1990/08]
French:Connexion pour la communication numérique en série, présentant un bas débit de données et un bas bruit, dans un système d'imagerie par résonance magnétique[1990/08]
Examination procedure14.06.1991Examination requested  [1991/33]
28.07.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
04.02.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.06.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.09.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.12.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
01.02.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.07.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
04.09.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.12.1995Fee for grant paid
07.12.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.12.1996No opposition filed within time limit [1997/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.01.1991Renewal fee patent year 03
15.01.1992Renewal fee patent year 04
13.01.1993Renewal fee patent year 05
13.01.1994Renewal fee patent year 06
23.01.1995Renewal fee patent year 07
24.01.1996Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT27.03.1996
BE27.03.1996
CH27.03.1996
ES27.03.1996
FR27.03.1996
GR27.03.1996
IT27.03.1996
LI27.03.1996
NL27.03.1996
SE27.06.1996
DE28.06.1996
[2006/14]
Former [2003/07]AT27.03.1996
BE27.03.1996
CH27.03.1996
ES27.03.1996
GR27.03.1996
IT27.03.1996
LI27.03.1996
NL27.03.1996
SE27.06.1996
DE28.06.1996
FR23.08.1996
Former [2002/24]AT27.03.1996
BE27.03.1996
CH27.03.1996
ES27.03.1996
GR27.03.1996
IT27.03.1996
LI27.03.1996
SE27.06.1996
DE28.06.1996
FR23.08.1996
Former [2000/04]AT27.03.1996
BE27.03.1996
CH27.03.1996
GR27.03.1996
IT27.03.1996
LI27.03.1996
SE27.06.1996
DE28.06.1996
FR23.08.1996
Former [1999/42]AT27.03.1996
BE27.03.1996
CH27.03.1996
IT27.03.1996
LI27.03.1996
SE27.06.1996
DE28.06.1996
FR23.08.1996
Former [1997/29]AT27.03.1996
BE27.03.1996
CH27.03.1996
LI27.03.1996
SE27.06.1996
DE28.06.1996
FR23.08.1996
Former [1997/12]AT27.03.1996
BE27.03.1996
SE27.06.1996
DE28.06.1996
FR23.08.1996
Former [1997/03]AT27.03.1996
BE27.03.1996
SE27.06.1996
DE28.06.1996
Former [1996/52]BE27.03.1996
SE27.06.1996
Former [1996/44]SE27.06.1996
Documents cited:Search[Y]US3786419  (NICK H);
 [Y]EP0166402  (ALLEN BRADLEY CO [US]);
 [YD]US4599565  (HOENNINGER III JOHN C [US], et al);
 [A]JPS62207044  (HITACHI LTD)
 [A]  - MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING, vol. 26, no. 2, March 1988, pages 221-224, Stevenage, GB; S. PITTARD et al.: "Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging using on microcomputer"
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