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EP3811507 - SELECTING SWITCHING TIMES OF WIND TURBINE CONVERTERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  16.02.2024
Database last updated on 18.10.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  22.07.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  26.03.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  21.12.2019
Formerunknown
Status updated on  09.07.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip16.02.2024Refusal of applicationpublished on 20.03.2024  [2024/12]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
Borupvej 16
7330 Brande / DK
For all designated states
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy GmbH & Co. KG
Beim Strohhause 17-31
20097 Hamburg / DE
[2021/17]
Inventor(s)01 / DREYER, Thomas
Bierdener Kämpe 29
28832 Achim / DE
02 / FULCHER, Robert Vernon
25 Tawney Close, Whitehill Kidsgrove
Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire ST7 4EN / GB
03 / KOENIG, Jerome
Holsteiner Chaussee 292
22457 Hamburg / DE
04 / NENTWIG, Christoph
Barmbeker Str. 127
22303 Hamburg / DE
 [2021/17]
Representative(s)SGRE-Association
Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
SE I IM P Intellectual Property
Siemenspromenade 9
91058 Erlangen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2021/17]Aspacher, Karl-Georg
Siemens Wind Power GmbH & Co. KG
Postfach 22 16 34
80506 München / DE
Application number, filing date19734267.811.06.2019
[2021/17]
WO2019EP65176
Priority number, dateEP2018017734512.06.2018         Original published format: EP 18177345
[2021/17]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019238658
Date:19.12.2019
Language:EN
[2019/51]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3811507
Date:28.04.2021
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.12.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2021/17]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP19.12.2019
ClassificationIPC:H02M1/12, H02J3/38, H02M7/48, H02J3/01
[2021/17]
CPC:
H02M1/12 (EP,US); F03D7/048 (US); H02J3/01 (EP,US);
H02J3/381 (EP,US); H02J3/46 (EP,US); H02M7/48 (EP);
F05B2220/30 (US); H02J2300/28 (EP,US); Y02E10/72 (EP);
Y02E10/76 (EP); Y02E40/40 (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 [2021/17]
TitleGerman:AUSWAHL VON SCHALTZEITEN VON WINDTURBINENWANDLERN[2021/17]
English:SELECTING SWITCHING TIMES OF WIND TURBINE CONVERTERS[2021/17]
French:SÉLECTION D'INSTANTS DE COMMUTATION DE CONVERTISSEURS DE TURBINE ÉOLIENNE[2021/17]
Entry into regional phase10.12.2020National basic fee paid 
10.12.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
10.12.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.12.2020Examination requested  [2021/17]
10.12.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
17.03.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
26.07.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.11.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.10.2023Application refused, date of legal effect [2024/12]
30.10.2023Date of oral proceedings
09.11.2023Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
10.11.2023Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2024/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.06.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
30.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
30.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[I]EP1995863  (CONVERTEAM TECHNOLOGY LTD [GB]) [I] 1-15 * abstract * * paragraphs [0001] - [0009] - [0 11] - [0022] - [0 25] , [0 26] , [0 31] , [0 48] , [0 49] , [0 54] , [ 120] - [0124]; figures 1, 3, 6-8, 12-14 *;
 [A]EP2466737  (VESTAS WIND SYS AS [DK]) [A] 1-15 * abstract * * paragraphs [0004] - [0020] - [0 28] , [0 33] , [0 35] , [0 36]; figures 1-10 *;
 [A]EP2482418  (SIEMENS AG [DE]) [A] 1-15* abstract *
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