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EP About this file: EP3514943

EP3514943 - CONVERTER DEVICE WITH A PLURALITY OF CONTROLLABLE POWER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE CONVERTER DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2019/30]CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF CONTROLLABLE UNITS, IN PARTICULAR A CONVERTER DEVICE WITH A PLURALITY OF CONTROLLABLE POWER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES, CONVERTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE CONVERTER DEVICE
[2020/49]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.02.2022
Database last updated on 09.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  12.03.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  26.11.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  27.01.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  27.09.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  21.06.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 17.07.2024  [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
81739 München / DE
[2021/04]
Former [2019/30]For all designated states
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Werner-von-Siemens-Straße 1
80333 München / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Döring, David
Bierlachweg 35
91058 Erlangen / DE
02 / Giering, Gerald Franz
Rosenwinkel 17
90562 Kalchreuth / DE
03 / Würflinger, Klaus
Lange Zeile 30
90419 Nürnberg / DE
 [2019/30]
Application number, filing date18152738.322.01.2018
[2019/30]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3514943
Date:24.07.2019
Language:DE
[2019/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3514943
Date:14.04.2021
Language:DE
[2021/15]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.10.2018
ClassificationIPC:H02M7/5387, H02M1/084, // H02M7/483, H02M7/493
[2019/30]
CPC:
H02M7/53873 (EP,US); H02M1/0845 (EP); H02M7/4835 (EP,US);
H02M7/493 (EP,US)
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 [2019/44]
Former [2019/30]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 
TitleGerman:UMRICHTERANORDNUNG MIT EINER VIELZAHL STEUERBARER LEISTUNGSHALBLEITERSCHALTER SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB DER UMRICHTERANORDNUNG[2020/49]
English:CONVERTER DEVICE WITH A PLURALITY OF CONTROLLABLE POWER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE CONVERTER DEVICE[2020/49]
French:DISPOSITIF CONVERTISSEUR POURVU D'UNE PLURALITÉ DE SEMI-CONDUCTEURS DE PUISSANCE POUVANT ÊTRE COMMANDÉS AINSI QUE PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT DU DISPOSITIF CONVERTISSEUR[2020/49]
Former [2019/30]STEUERUNGSSYSTEM ZUM STEUERN EINER VIELZAHL STEUERBARER EINHEITEN, INSBESONDERE EINER UMRICHTERANORDNUNG MIT EINER VIELZAHL STEUERBARER LEISTUNGSHALBLEITERSCHALTER, UMRICHTERANORDNUNG SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB DER UMRICHTERANORDNUNG
Former [2019/30]CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF CONTROLLABLE UNITS, IN PARTICULAR A CONVERTER DEVICE WITH A PLURALITY OF CONTROLLABLE POWER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES, CONVERTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE CONVERTER DEVICE
Former [2019/30]SYSTÈME DE COMMANDE DESTINÉ À COMMANDER UNE PLURALITÉ D'UNITÉS POUVANT ÊTRE COMMANDÉES, EN PARTICULIER À COMMANDER UN DISPOSITIF CONVERTISSEUR POURVU D'UNE PLURALITÉ DE SEMI-CONDUCTEURS DE PUISSANCE POUVANT ÊTRE COMMANDÉS, DISPOSITIF CONVERTISSEUR AINSI QUE PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT DU DISPOSITIF CONVERTISSEUR
Examination procedure05.09.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
19.09.2019Examination requested  [2019/44]
19.09.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
30.01.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.03.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.11.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.03.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
05.03.2021Fee for grant paid
05.03.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)17.01.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.01.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
19.01.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU22.01.2018
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 [XI]US2011267854  (FLANNERY PATRICK S [US], et al) [X] 1,3,4,6,12,15 * figures 3, 11 * * paragraph [0044] - paragraph [0046] * * paragraph [0053] * * paragraph [0081] - paragraph [0084] * [I] 2,5;
 [XAI]US2013223115  (TSUCHIYA MITSUYOSHI [JP], et al) [X] 1,3-5,12 * figures 2, 3 * * paragraph [0009] * * paragraph [0034] - paragraph [0039] * * paragraph [0048] * [A] 15 [I] 2,6,13,14;
 [XAI]US2014169053  (ILIC MILAN [US], et al) [X] 1,4,6,12 * figure 6 * * paragraph [0037] * [A] 15 [I] 2,3,5,13,14;
 [XAI]US2015023080  (CHAMBON PATRICK [FR]) [X] 1-4,12,14 * figures 1,3, 5, 7 * * paragraph [0026] * * paragraph [0024] * * paragraph [0023] * * paragraph [0030] * * paragraph [0044] * [A] 15 [I] 5,6,13
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 WO2016155850
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