EP3850738 - VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER GENERATING A PULSE TRAIN USING TWO VOLTAGE LEVELS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.09.2023 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 07.10.2022 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 12.06.2022 | ||
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Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 21.03.2020 | ||
Former | unknown Status updated on 28.09.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.06.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MC | published on 10.07.2024 [2024/28] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG Bruggerstrasse 72 5400 Baden / CH | [2022/03] |
Former [2021/29] | For all designated states ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG Bruggerstrasse 72 5400 Baden / CH | Inventor(s) | 01 /
CHEN, Nan Verksgatan19 722 10 Västerås / SE | 02 /
BERTOLDI, Federico Flurstrasse 6 5415 Aargau / CH | 03 /
ILVES, Kalle Birger Jarlsgatan 122 11420 Stockholm / SE | 04 /
POSTIGLIONE, Cicero Da Silveira Spinnakergatan 3 72356 VÄSTERÅS / SE | [2022/45] |
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CHEN, Nan Verksgatan19 722 10 Västerås / SE | ||
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BERTOLDI, Federico Via Del Corallo 10 38122 TRENTO / IT | |||
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ILVES, Kalle Sörbyvägen 26 722 33 Västerås / SE | |||
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POSTIGLIONE, Cicero Da Silveira Spinnakergatan 3 72356 VÄSTERÅS / SE | Representative(s) | AWA Sweden AB Box 45086 104 30 Stockholm / SE | [2022/45] |
Former [2021/29] | AWA Sweden AB P.O. Box 45086 104 30 Stockholm / SE | Application number, filing date | 18769667.9 | 13.09.2018 | [2021/29] | WO2018EP74721 | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2020052760 | Date: | 19.03.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/12] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3850738 | Date: | 21.07.2021 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.03.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2021/29] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3850738 | Date: | 09.11.2022 | Language: | EN | [2022/45] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 19.03.2020 | Classification | IPC: | H02M1/14, H02M7/483 | [2021/29] | CPC: |
H02M1/14 (EP,US);
H02M1/4233 (US);
H02M7/483 (EP,US);
H02M7/4833 (EP,US);
H02M7/4835 (EP,US);
H02M3/33584 (EP)
| 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 [2021/29] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | KH | Not yet paid | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | TN | Not yet paid | Title | German: | SPANNUNGSQUELLENUMRICHTER MIT ZWEI SPANNUNGSNIVEAUS ZUR ERZEUGUNG EINER IMPULSFOLGE | [2021/29] | English: | VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER GENERATING A PULSE TRAIN USING TWO VOLTAGE LEVELS | [2021/29] | French: | CONVERTISSEUR DE SOURCE DE TENSION GÉNÉRANT UN TRAIN D'IMPULSIONS UTILISANT DEUX NIVEAUX DE TENSION | [2021/29] | Entry into regional phase | 08.04.2021 | National basic fee paid | 08.04.2021 | Designation fee(s) paid | 08.04.2021 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 08.04.2021 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 08.04.2021 | Examination requested [2021/29] | 08.04.2021 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 13.06.2022 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 03.10.2022 | Fee for grant paid | 03.10.2022 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 03.10.2022 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 10.08.2023 | No opposition filed within time limit [2023/42] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 08.04.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 22.09.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 27.09.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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