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EP3584932 - SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING A POWER SWITCH IN COMBINATION WITH REGULATED DI/DT AND/OR DV/DT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.09.2023
Database last updated on 21.03.2025
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  30.09.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  01.06.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  27.11.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.07.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  22.11.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip15.11.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BG		published on 18.12.2024  [2024/51]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Infineon Technologies Austria AG
Siemensstrasse 2
9500 Villach / AT
[2019/52]
Inventor(s)01 / Norling, Karl
Italienerstrasse 34
9500 Villach / AT
02 / Gröger, Johannes
Hinter dem Dorf 21
89143 Blaubeuren / DE
03 / Schreiber, Alexander
Nelkenweg 8
88637 Buchheim / DE
04 / Wicht, Bernhard
Gartenstrasse 46
30989 Gehrden / DE
 [2019/52]
Representative(s)Infineon Patent Department
Intellectual Property
Infineon Technologies AG
Postfach 22 16 44
80506 München / DE
[2022/44]
Application number, filing date19020381.012.06.2019
[2019/52]
Priority number, dateUS20181601131118.06.2018         Original published format: US201816011311
[2019/52]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3584932
Date:25.12.2019
Language:EN
[2019/52]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3584932
Date:02.11.2022
Language:EN
[2022/44]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.10.2019
ClassificationIPC:H03K17/16
[2019/52]
CPC:
H03K17/166 (EP); H03K17/0828 (US); H03K17/168 (EP);
H03K17/567 (CN); H03K17/687 (CN); H03K2217/0027 (CN);
H03K2217/0054 (CN); H03K2217/0081 (CN) (-)
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 [2020/32]
Former [2019/52]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:SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR ANSTEUERUNG EINES LEISTUNGSSCHALTERS IN KOMBINATION MIT GEREGELTER DI/DT UND/ODER DV/DT[2019/52]
English:SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING A POWER SWITCH IN COMBINATION WITH REGULATED DI/DT AND/OR DV/DT[2019/52]
French:SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE D'UN COMMUTATEUR DE PUISSANCE EN COMBINAISON AVEC RÉGULATION DE DI/DT ET/OU DV/DT[2019/52]
Examination procedure25.06.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
25.06.2020Examination requested  [2020/32]
25.06.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
02.12.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
25.01.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.04.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.08.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.06.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.09.2022Fee for grant paid
27.09.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
27.09.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)03.08.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/41]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.06.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
28.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
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NO02.02.2023
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BE30.06.2023
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Documents cited:Search[XI]US2004085117  (MELBERT JOACHIM [DE], et al) [X] 1-3,5-7,9,10,15 * paragraph [0186] - paragraph [0194]; figure 2a * * paragraph [0203] - paragraph [0236]; figures 3a-3d * * paragraph [0237] - paragraph [0268]; figure 4 * [I] 4,8,11-14;
 [XI]US2014015571  (WAGONER ROBERT GREGORY [US], et al) [X] 1,2,6,7,9,10,15 * paragraph [0019] - paragraph [0021]; figure 2 * * paragraph [0022] - paragraph [0025]; figure 3 *[I] 3-5,8,11-14
Examination   - YANICK LOBSIGER ET AL, "Closed-loop IGBT gate drive featuring highly dynamic di/dt and dv/dt control", ENERGY CONVERSION CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION (ECCE), 2012 IEEE, IEEE, (20120915), doi:10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342173, ISBN 978-1-4673-0802-1, pages 4754 - 4761, XP032467005

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342173
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