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EP About this file: EP3726715

EP3726715 - FAULT DETECTION IN HYBRID DC-DC POWER CONVERTERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.07.2022
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  13.08.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  23.06.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  23.04.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  18.09.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip17.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 19.06.2024  [2024/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NXP B.V.
High Tech Campus 60
5656 AG Eindhoven / NL
[2020/43]
Inventor(s)01 / ASHOURLOO, Mojtaba
c/o NXP B.V., Intellectual Property Group
Abbey House
25 Clarendon Road
Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QZ / GB
02 / NAMBURI, Venkata Raghuram
c/o NXP B.V., Intellectual Property Group
Abbey House
25 Clarendon Road
Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QZ / GB
03 / VILLAR PIQUE, Gerard
c/o NXP B.V., Intellectual Property Group
Abbey House
25 Clarendon Road
Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QZ / GB
04 / PIGOTT, John
c/o NXP B.V., Intellectual Property Group
Abbey House
25 Clarendon Road
Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QZ / GB
05 / TRESCASES, Olivier
c/o NXP B.V., Intellectual Property Group
Abbey House
25 Clarendon Road
Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QZ / GB
06 / BERGVELD, Hendrik
c/o NXP B.V., Intellectual Property Group
Abbey House
25 Clarendon Road
Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QZ / GB
07 / EL SHERIF, Alaa Eldin
c/o NXP B.V., Intellectual Property Group
Abbey House
25 Clarendon Road
Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QZ / GB
 [2020/43]
Representative(s)Hardingham, Christopher Mark
NXP Semiconductors
Intellectual Property Group
Abbey House
25 Clarendon Road
Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QZ / GB
[2020/43]
Application number, filing date19169160.915.04.2019
[2020/43]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3726715
Date:21.10.2020
Language:EN
[2020/43]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3726715
Date:15.09.2021
Language:EN
[2021/37]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.11.2019
ClassificationIPC:H02M3/07, H02M3/155, H02M1/32
[2020/43]
CPC:
H02M3/07 (EP); G01R31/40 (US); G01R31/56 (US);
H02M1/32 (EP); H02M3/155 (EP); H02M1/0095 (EP)
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 [2021/21]
Former [2020/43]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:FEHLERERKENNUNG IN HYBRIDEN GLEICHSTROMWANDLERN[2020/43]
English:FAULT DETECTION IN HYBRID DC-DC POWER CONVERTERS[2020/43]
French:DÉTECTION DE DÉFAILLANCES DANS DES CONVERTISSEURS DE PUISSANCE CC-CC HYBRIDES[2020/43]
Examination procedure15.11.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.04.2021Examination requested  [2021/21]
21.04.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
24.06.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.08.2021Fee for grant paid
06.08.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
06.08.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)16.06.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/34]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.04.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[A]US2016028302  (LOW AICHEN [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0077] - [0083]; figure 5 ** paragraphs [0088] , [0 89]; figures 7, 8 *;
 [A]  - SEO GAB-SU ET AL, "A 95%-Efficient 48V-to-1V/10A VRM Hybrid Converter Using Interleaved Dual Inductors", 2018 IEEE ENERGY CONVERSION CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION (ECCE), IEEE, (20180923), doi:10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557715, pages 3825 - 3830, XP033463783 [A] 1-15 * figure 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557715
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