EP3012960 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING PWM PULSES FOR NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED MULTI-LEVEL INVERTER [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been refused Status updated on 12.02.2021 Database last updated on 03.08.2024 | |
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 08.09.2017 | ||
Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 09.12.2016 | Most recent event Tooltip | 12.02.2021 | Refusal of application | published on 17.03.2021 [2021/11] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. No. 1699 Xiyou Road New & High Technology Industrial Development Zone Hefei, Anhui 230088 / CN | [2016/17] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
LI, Xiaoxun No. 1699 Xiyou Rd. New & High Technology Industrial Development Zone 230088 Hefei / CN | 02 /
LI, Haoyuan No. 1699 Xiyou Rd. New & High Technology Industrial Development Zone 230088 Hefei / CN | 03 /
MEI, Xiaodong No. 1699 Xiyou Rd. New & High Technology Industrial Development Zone 230088 Hefei / CN | 04 /
HAN, Zhiqiang No. 1699 Xiyou Rd. New & High Technology Industrial Development Zone 230088 Hefei / CN | 05 /
YANG, Benhe No. 1699 Xiyou Rd. New & High Technology Industrial Development Zone 230088 Hefei / CN | 06 /
SHEN, Kai No. 1699 Xiyou Rd. New & High Technology Industrial Development Zone 230088 Hefei / CN | [2016/17] | Representative(s) | Tappe, Udo, et al Zacco Patent- und Rechtsanwalts GmbH Am Wall 187-189 28195 Bremen / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2016/17] | Girodo, Marco, et al zacco Dr. Peters & Partner Am Wall 187-189 28195 Bremen / DE | Application number, filing date | 15189852.5 | 14.10.2015 | [2016/17] | Priority number, date | CN201410570938 | 23.10.2014 Original published format: CN201410570938 | [2016/17] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP3012960 | Date: | 27.04.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/17] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP3012960 | Date: | 01.06.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/22] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 29.04.2016 | Classification | IPC: | H02M7/487, H02M7/5395 | [2016/17] | CPC: |
H03K7/08 (EP,US);
H02M7/483 (CN);
H02M7/487 (EP,US);
H02M7/53873 (CN);
H02M7/5395 (EP,CN,US)
| Designated contracting states | AL, 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 [2017/02] |
Former [2016/17] | AL, 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 | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | MA | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ERZEUGUNG VON PWM-IMPULSEN FÜR NPC MEHRPUNKTWECHSELRICHTER | [2016/17] | English: | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING PWM PULSES FOR NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED MULTI-LEVEL INVERTER | [2016/17] | French: | PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF POUR GÉNÉRER DES IMPULSIONS MLI POUR UN ONDULEUR NPC MULTI-NIVEAUX | [2016/17] | Examination procedure | 14.10.2015 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 01.12.2016 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 01.12.2016 | Examination requested [2017/02] | 08.09.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 15.01.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.09.2020 | Application refused, date of legal effect [2021/11] | 04.09.2020 | Date of oral proceedings | 15.10.2020 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 16.10.2020 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2021/11] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 02.11.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 31.10.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 31.10.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.10.2020 | 06   M06   Not yet paid |
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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 | [I]EP2140544 (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC EUROP B V [DE]) [I] 1-10 * figures 1-15 * * paragraphs [0001] , [0004] - [0027] - [0034] , [0037] , [0051] - [0080] - [0091] , [0092] , [0094] , [0099] , [0107] , [0110] , [0118] , [0122] , [0123] * * paragraphs [0134] - [0139] *; | [A] - STEFFEN ROHNER ET AL, "Pulse width modulation scheme for the Modular Multilevel Converter", 13TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON POWER ELECTRONICS AND APPLICATIONS, 2009 : EPE '09 ; 8 - 10 SEPT. 2009, BARCELONA, SPAIN, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20090908), ISBN 978-1-4244-4432-8, pages 1 - 10, XP031541780 [A] 1-10 * figures 1,2 * * page 3 * |