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EP About this file: EP3605823

EP3605823 - POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND TEST METHOD FOR SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.04.2023
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  29.04.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  20.12.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  28.10.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  04.07.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.01.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  06.10.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip09.02.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 13.03.2024  [2024/11]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
3-1-1 Kyobashi
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-0031 / JP
[2022/21]
Former [2020/06]For all designated states
Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
3-1-1, Kyobashi
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-0031 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / YONEMURA, Naoki
c/o TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC
INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
3-1-1 Kyobashi
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-0031 / JP
02 / TSUCHIYA, Taichiro
c/o TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC
INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
3-1-1 Kyobashi
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-0031 / JP
 [2020/06]
Representative(s)Winter, Brandl - Partnerschaft mbB
Alois-Steinecker-Straße 22
85354 Freising / DE
[2022/22]
Former [2020/06]Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner, Röss, Kaiser, Polte - Partnerschaft mbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei
Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
85354 Freising / DE
Application number, filing date17904129.829.03.2017
[2020/06]
WO2017JP12943
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018179145
Date:04.10.2018
Language:JA
[2018/40]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3605823
Date:05.02.2020
Language:EN
[2020/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3605823
Date:01.06.2022
Language:EN
[2022/22]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP04.10.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.10.2020
ClassificationIPC:H02M7/48, G05F1/70, H02J3/18, H02M7/49, H02M7/483, G01R31/40, // H02M1/00
[2020/48]
CPC:
H02M7/483 (EP,US); G01R31/3187 (US); G01R31/40 (EP);
H02J3/0012 (US); H02J3/1857 (EP,US); H02M7/4835 (EP,US);
G05F1/70 (EP,US); H02H3/335 (US); H02M1/0016 (EP);
H02M1/32 (US); Y02E40/20 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2020/06]H02M7/48, G05F1/70, H02J3/18, H02M7/49
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 [2020/06]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:LEISTUNGSUMWANDLUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND PRÜFVERFAHREN DAFÜR[2020/06]
English:POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND TEST METHOD FOR SAME[2020/06]
French:DISPOSITIF DE CONVERSION DE PUISSANCE ET SON PROCÉDÉ D'ESSAI[2020/06]
Entry into regional phase22.10.2019Translation filed 
22.10.2019National basic fee paid 
22.10.2019Search fee paid 
22.10.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
22.10.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.10.2019Examination requested  [2020/06]
07.05.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
05.07.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.10.2021Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
21.12.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.04.2022Fee for grant paid
19.04.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
19.04.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)02.03.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/19]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.10.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
02.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
05.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
22.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAL01.06.2022
AT01.06.2022
CZ01.06.2022
DK01.06.2022
EE01.06.2022
ES01.06.2022
FI01.06.2022
HR01.06.2022
IT01.06.2022
LT01.06.2022
LV01.06.2022
MC01.06.2022
NL01.06.2022
PL01.06.2022
RO01.06.2022
RS01.06.2022
SE01.06.2022
SI01.06.2022
SK01.06.2022
SM01.06.2022
BG01.09.2022
NO01.09.2022
GR02.09.2022
IS01.10.2022
PT03.10.2022
[2024/11]
Former [2023/48]AL01.06.2022
AT01.06.2022
CZ01.06.2022
DK01.06.2022
EE01.06.2022
ES01.06.2022
FI01.06.2022
HR01.06.2022
LT01.06.2022
LV01.06.2022
MC01.06.2022
NL01.06.2022
PL01.06.2022
RO01.06.2022
RS01.06.2022
SE01.06.2022
SI01.06.2022
SK01.06.2022
SM01.06.2022
BG01.09.2022
NO01.09.2022
GR02.09.2022
IS01.10.2022
PT03.10.2022
Former [2023/25]AL01.06.2022
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RO01.06.2022
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SK01.06.2022
SM01.06.2022
BG01.09.2022
NO01.09.2022
GR02.09.2022
IS01.10.2022
PT03.10.2022
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BG01.09.2022
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IS01.10.2022
PT03.10.2022
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FI01.06.2022
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NO01.09.2022
Documents cited:Search[I]US2016164399  (MUELLER SEBASTIAN [DE], et al) [I] 1-10 * paragraph [0005] * * paragraph [0009] *;
 [I]WO2017013125  (ABB SCHWEIZ AG [CH]) [I] 1-10 * page 26 - page 27; figures 6, 7 *;
 [I]  - SIEMASZKO DANIEL ET AL, "Implementation and experimental set-up of a Modular Multilevel Converter in a Multi Terminal DC/AC transmission network", 2016 18TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON POWER ELECTRONICS AND APPLICATIONS (EPE'16 ECCE EUROPE), JOINTLY OWNED BY IEEE-PELS AND EPE ASSOCIATION, (20160905), doi:10.1109/EPE.2016.7695585, pages 1 - 12, XP032985302 [I] 1-10 * figures 2, 4-7 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EPE.2016.7695585
International search[A]JP2011223760  (HITACHI LTD) [A] 1-10 * , *;
 [A]JP2015108967  (TOSHIBA CORP) [A] 1-10* , *
by applicantWO2012099176
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