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EP0443677
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| EP0443677 - Quadrature surface coil construction for magnetic resonance imaging apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 29.05.1998 Database last updated on 24.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.12.2002 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 12.02.2003 [2003/07] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Groenewoudseweg 1 5621 BA Eindhoven / NL | [N/P] |
| Former [1991/35] | For all designated states Philips Electronics N.V. Groenewoudseweg 1 NL-5621 BA Eindhoven / NL | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Boskamp, Eddy Benjamin c/o INT. OCTROOIBUREAU B.V. Prof. Holstlaan 6 NL-5656 AA Eindhoven / NL | 02 /
Lee, Ching Tin c/o INT. OCTROOIBUREAU B.V. Prof. Holstlaan 6 NL-5656 AA Eindhoven / NL | [1991/35] | Representative(s) | Bakker, Hendrik, et al INTERNATIONAAL OCTROOIBUREAU B.V., Prof. Holstlaan 6 5656 AA Eindhoven / NL | [N/P] |
| Former [1997/17] | Bakker, Hendrik, et al INTERNATIONAAL OCTROOIBUREAU B.V., Prof. Holstlaan 6 5656 AA Eindhoven / NL | ||
| Former [1991/35] | Scheele, Edial François, et al INTERNATIONAAL OCTROOIBUREAU B.V. Prof. Holstlaan 6 NL-5656 AA Eindhoven / NL | Application number, filing date | 91200330.8 | 18.02.1991 | [1991/35] | Priority number, date | US19900483187 | 20.02.1990 Original published format: US 483187 | [1991/35] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0443677 | Date: | 28.08.1991 | Language: | EN | [1991/35] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0443677 | Date: | 04.12.1991 | Language: | EN | [1991/49] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0443677 | Date: | 23.07.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/30] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 14.10.1991 | Classification | IPC: | G01R33/34, G01R33/36 | [1991/35] | CPC: |
G01R33/3678 (EP,US);
G01R33/3415 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, NL [1991/35] | Title | German: | Konstruktion einer Quadratur-Oberflächenspule für einen Apparat zur Bilderzeugung mit magnetischer Resonanz | [1991/35] | English: | Quadrature surface coil construction for magnetic resonance imaging apparatus | [1991/35] | French: | Construction d'une bobine de surface en quadrature pour l'imagerie par résonance magnétique | [1991/35] | Examination procedure | 04.06.1992 | Examination requested [1992/31] | 29.05.1995 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 21.07.1995 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.01.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 04.03.1996 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.09.1996 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 23.01.1997 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 02.05.1997 | Fee for grant paid | 02.05.1997 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 24.04.1998 | No opposition filed within time limit [1998/29] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 22.02.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.02.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.02.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 29.02.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 28.02.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | NL | 23.07.1997 | [2003/07] | Documents cited: | Search | [A] SOCIETY OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, WORKS IN PROGRESS August 1988, SAN FRANCISCO, USA page 108; H. KEREN ET AL.: 'Dual Frequency Matched Surface Coil ' [A] | [A] SOCIETY OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, BOOK OF ABSTRACTS vol. 1, August 1988, SAN FRANCISCO, USA page 259; M. MEHDIZADEH ET AL.: 'A Quadrature Plananr Surface Coil for Spine Studies ' [A] |