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EP About this file: EP2727234

EP2727234 - CONVERTER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.07.2017
Database last updated on 13.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.03.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 08.04.2020  [2020/15]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
General Electric Technology GmbH
Brown Boveri Strasse 7
5400 Baden / CH
[2016/15]
Former [2014/19]For all designated states
Alstom Technology Ltd
Brown Boveri Strasse 7
5400 Baden / CH
Inventor(s)01 / TRAINER, David Reginald
45 Brackens Lane
Alvaston Derbyshire DE24 0AQ / GB
02 / GREEN, Timothy Charles
5 Newlands
Balcombe
Haywards Heath Sussex RH17 6HX / GB
03 / MERLIN, Michael Marc Claude
28 rue de l'Orge
F-91410 Dourdan / FR
04 / SOTO-SANCHEZ, Diego
122 Huntingdon Road
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0HL / GB
 [2014/19]
Representative(s)Ahner, Philippe, et al
Brevalex
Tour Trinity
1 Bis Esplanade de La Défense
CS 60347
92035 Paris La Défense Cedex / FR
[N/P]
Former [2016/37]Ahner, Philippe, et al
BREVALEX
95, rue d'Amsterdam
75378 Paris Cedex 8 / FR
Former [2014/19]Ahner, Philippe, et al
BREVALEX 95 rue d'Amsterdam
75378 Paris Cedex 8 / FR
Application number, filing date11728832.429.06.2011
[2016/37]
WO2011EP60907
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2013000510
Date:03.01.2013
Language:EN
[2013/01]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2727234
Date:07.05.2014
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.01.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2014/19]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2727234
Date:14.09.2016
Language:EN
[2016/37]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.01.2013
ClassificationIPC:H02M7/49, H02J3/18, H02J3/36
[2016/17]
CPC:
H02J3/36 (EP,US); H02M1/14 (KR); H02J3/18 (EP,KR,US);
H02M7/4835 (EP,US); H02M7/49 (EP,KR,US); H02J2003/365 (EP,US);
H02M1/0095 (EP,US); Y02E40/30 (EP,US); Y02E60/60 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2014/19]H02M7/49, H02J3/18
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 [2014/19]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:WANDLER[2014/19]
English:CONVERTER[2014/19]
French:CONVERTISSEUR[2014/19]
Entry into regional phase30.12.2013National basic fee paid 
30.12.2013Designation fee(s) paid 
30.12.2013Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.04.2013Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
30.12.2013Examination requested  [2014/19]
06.03.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
14.09.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.04.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.08.2016Fee for grant paid
03.08.2016Fee for publishing/printing paid
03.08.2016Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  06.03.2015
Opposition(s)15.06.2017No opposition filed within time limit [2017/34]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.12.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
20.05.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
22.05.2015Renewal fee patent year 05
27.06.2016Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU29.06.2011
AL14.09.2016
AT14.09.2016
BE14.09.2016
CY14.09.2016
CZ14.09.2016
DK14.09.2016
EE14.09.2016
ES14.09.2016
FI14.09.2016
HR14.09.2016
IT14.09.2016
LT14.09.2016
LV14.09.2016
MC14.09.2016
MK14.09.2016
NL14.09.2016
PL14.09.2016
RO14.09.2016
RS14.09.2016
SI14.09.2016
SK14.09.2016
SM14.09.2016
TR14.09.2016
BG14.12.2016
NO14.12.2016
GR15.12.2016
IS14.01.2017
PT16.01.2017
[2020/15]
Former [2019/51]HU29.06.2011
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Cited inInternational search[A]US2008310205  (HILLER MARC [DE]) [A] 1-27 * abstract ** figures 1-4 *;
 [X]US2010118578  (DOMMASCHK MIKE [DE], et al) [X] 1-27 * paragraph [0005] - paragraph [0009] * * paragraphs [0021] , [0 22] * * paragraph [0026] * * paragraph [0031] * * claim 6 * * figures 1, 2, 5, 6 *;
 [A]WO2010145689  (AREVA T & D UK LTD [GB], et al) [A] 1-27 * page 13, line 9 - line 23 * * figures 4, 7, 8 *;
 [A]WO2011012171  (AREVA T & D UK LTD [GB], et al) [A] 1-27 * page 13, line 26 - page 14, line 29 * * figures 5a, 6, 8 *
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