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| EP0453102 - Magnetic resonance imaging methods and apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been refused Status updated on 11.12.1999 Database last updated on 29.03.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.10.2005 | Change: Appeal number | Applicant(s) | For all designated states PICKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. 595 Miner Road Highland Heights Ohio 44143 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1991/43] | For all designated states PICKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. 595 Miner Road Highland Heights Ohio 44143 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
DeMeester, Gordon D. 1613 Dennis Drive Wickliffe, Ohio 44092 / US | 02 /
Denison, Kenneth S. 14617 Drexmore Road Shaker Heights, Ohio 44120 / US | 03 /
Bearden, Francis H. 9975 Serene Court Twinsburg, Ohio 44067 / US | [1991/43] | Representative(s) | Waters, Jeffrey, et al Marconi Intellectual Property Crompton Close Basildon Essex SS14 3BA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/30] | Waters, Jeffrey, et al The General Electric Company, p.l.c. GEC Patent Department Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX / GB | ||
| Former [1996/18] | McGowan, Nigel George, et al The General Electric Company plc GEC Patent Department Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX / GB | ||
| Former [1991/43] | Pope, Michael Bertram Wingate The General Electric Company, p.l.c. GEC Patent Department Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX / GB | Application number, filing date | 91302528.4 | 22.03.1991 | [1991/43] | Priority number, date | US19900510981 | 19.04.1990 Original published format: US 510981 | [1991/43] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0453102 | Date: | 23.10.1991 | Language: | EN | [1991/43] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0453102 | Date: | 26.08.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/35] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 03.07.1992 | Classification | IPC: | G01R33/54, G01R33/56 | [1992/35] | CPC: |
G01R33/56 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1991/43] | G01R33/54 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, NL [1991/43] | Title | German: | Apparat und Verfahren zur magnetischen Resonanzabbildung | [1991/43] | English: | Magnetic resonance imaging methods and apparatus | [1991/43] | French: | Appareil et méthode pour imagerie par résonance magnétique | [1991/43] | Examination procedure | 05.02.1993 | Examination requested [1993/16] | 29.04.1993 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 12.10.1993 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.11.1993 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 18.03.1994 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 19.12.1994 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2000/04] | 29.12.1994 | Application refused, date of legal effect [2000/04] | Appeal following examination | 17.02.1995 | Appeal received No. T0402/95 | 18.04.1995 | Statement of grounds filed | 06.10.1999 | Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant was rejected | 15.10.1999 | Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M02) [1999/42] | 06.10.1999 | Date of oral proceedings | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.02.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.02.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 13.03.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 20.03.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 19.03.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 13.03.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 22.03.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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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. | Documents cited: | Search | [X]JP1293866 ; | [X]DE3926337 (HITACHI LTD [JP]); | [YD]US4748411 (HOLLAND G NEIL [US]); | [Y]EP0217196 (UNIV CALIFORNIA [US]); | [A]US4841247 (ITAGAKI HIDENOBU [JP]) | [X] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 14, no. 077 (C-0688)14 February 1990 & JP-A-1 293 866 ( TOSHIBA CORP ) 27 November 1989, & JP1293866 A 19891127 | [A] - BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL, vol. 48, no. 5, May 1969, NEW YORK USA pages 1249 - 1292; L.R. RABINER ET AL.: 'The Chirp z-Transform Algorithm and Its Application' | [AP] - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING. vol. 9, no. 2, June 1990, NEW YORK, USA pages 190 - 201; T.N. MA, K. TAKAYA: 'High-Resolution NMR Chemical-Shift Imaging with Reconstruction by the Chirp z-Transform' |