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EP3715879 - NON-INTRUSIVE ESR/C ESTIMATION METHOD FOR DC BUS CAPACITOR AGEING DETECTION IN POWER CONVERTERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.01.2022 Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 05.02.2021
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 15.12.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 23.10.2020
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 28.08.2020
Most recent event Tooltip	14.06.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR	published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)	For:FR Mitsubishi Electric R&D Centre Europe B.V. Capronilaan 46 1119 NS Schiphol Rijk Amsterdam / NL
	For:AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI 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 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 7-3, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo 100-8310 / JP
	[2020/40]
Inventor(s)	01 / FOUBE, Laurent c/ MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC R&D CENTRE EUROPE 1, allée de Beaulieu - CS10806 35708 RENNES Cédex 7 / FR
	02 / MOLLOV, Stefan c/ MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC R&D CENTRE EUROPE 1, allée de Beaulieu - CS10806 35708 RENNES Cédex 7 / FR
	[2020/40]
Representative(s)	Plasseraud IP 104 Rue de Richelieu CS92104 75080 Paris Cedex 02 / FR
	[N/P]
Former [2020/40]	Plasseraud IP 66, rue de la Chaussée d'Antin 75440 Paris Cedex 09 / FR
Application number, filing date	19305380.8	26.03.2019
	[2020/40]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3715879
	Date:	30.09.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/40]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3715879
	Date:	10.03.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/10]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.09.2019
Classification	IPC:	G01R31/50, G01R31/42, G01R31/64	[2021/01]
	CPC:	G01R31/42 (EP); G01R31/64 (EP)
	Former IPC [2020/40]	G01R31/02, G01R31/42
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 [2020/48]
Former [2020/40]	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
Title	German:	NICHT-INTRUSIVES ESR/C-SCHÄTZVERFAHREN ZUR ERKENNUNG DER ALTERUNG EINES DC-BUSKONDENSATORS IN LEISTUNGSUMRICHTERN	[2020/40]
	English:	NON-INTRUSIVE ESR/C ESTIMATION METHOD FOR DC BUS CAPACITOR AGEING DETECTION IN POWER CONVERTERS	[2020/40]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ D'ESTIMATION D'ESR/C NON INTRUSIF POUR LA DÉTECTION DU VIEILLISSEMENT DE CONDENSATEUR DE BUS CC DANS DES CONVERTISSEURS DE PUISSANCE	[2020/40]
Examination procedure	21.10.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	21.10.2020	Examination requested [2020/48]
	21.10.2020	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	16.12.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	01.02.2021	Fee for grant paid
	01.02.2021	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	01.02.2021	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	13.12.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2022/07]
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	26.03.2019
	AL	10.03.2021
	AT	10.03.2021
	CY	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
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	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
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Documents cited:	Search	[X]US2005169018 (HATAI AKIRA [JP], et al) [X] 1,3,9,11,13,15 * figures 2, 4, 5 *;
		[XI]US2009072839 (KIM MYUNG CHUL [KR], et al) [X] 1,3-5,8-11,16 * figures 1, 6 * [I] 15;
		[A] - XING-SI PU ET AL, "Fault Diagnosis of DC-Link Capacitors in Three-Phase AC/DC PWM Converters by Online Estimation of Equivalent Series Resistance", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20130901), vol. 60, no. 9, doi:10.1109/TIE.2012.2218561, ISSN 0278-0046, pages 4118 - 4127, XP011507080 [A] 1,2 * figures 1, 3-5 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2012.2218561

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