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EP2294685 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING DIRECT CURRENT INTO AN ALTERNATING CURRENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 15.03.2019 Database last updated on 22.05.2024
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 16.12.2016
Most recent event Tooltip	15.03.2019	Refusal of application	published on 17.04.2019 [2019/16]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Xantrex Technology, Inc. 161-G South Vasco Road Livermore, CA 94551 / US
	[2011/11]
Inventor(s)	01 / GARABANDIC, Djordje 214 - 6540 Telford Avenue Burnaby British Columbia V5H 2Z2 / CA
	[2011/11]
Representative(s)	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2011/11]	Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München / DE
Application number, filing date	08748256.8	05.05.2008
	[2011/11]
	WO2008CA00854
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2009135284
	Date:	12.11.2009
	Language:	EN
	[2009/46]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2294685
	Date:	16.03.2011
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.11.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2011/11]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CA	12.11.2009
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	04.02.2014
Classification	IPC:	H02M7/5387, H02M1/42, // H02M1/12	[2014/10]
	CPC:	H02M7/5387 (EP); H02M1/123 (EP); H02M1/42 (EP); Y02B70/10 (EP)
	Former IPC [2011/11]	H02M7/5387, H02M1/42
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2011/11]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM UMWANDELN VON GLEICHSTROM IN EINEN WECHSELSTROM	[2011/11]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING DIRECT CURRENT INTO AN ALTERNATING CURRENT	[2011/11]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL DE CONVERSION D UN COURANT CONTINU EN UN COURANT ALTERNATIF	[2011/11]
Entry into regional phase	01.12.2010	National basic fee paid
	01.12.2010	Search fee paid
	01.12.2010	Designation fee(s) paid
	01.12.2010	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	01.12.2010	Examination requested [2011/11]
	03.09.2014	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	31.05.2016	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	12.12.2016	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.11.2018	Application refused, date of legal effect [2019/16]
	07.11.2018	Date of oral proceedings
	29.11.2018	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2019/16]
	29.11.2018	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Divisional application(s)	EP19156420.2
	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 31.05.2016
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	01.12.2010	Renewal fee patent year 03
	25.05.2011	Renewal fee patent year 04
	25.05.2012	Renewal fee patent year 05
	28.05.2013	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.05.2014	Renewal fee patent year 07
	27.05.2015	Renewal fee patent year 08
	27.05.2016	Renewal fee patent year 09
	30.05.2017	Renewal fee patent year 10
	29.05.2018	Renewal fee patent year 11
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Documents cited:	Search	[I]US5852558 (JULIAN ALEXANDER L [US], et al) [I] 1-16 * column 1, line 30 - line 42 * * column 2, line 54 - column 3, line 21 * * column 3, line 46 - line 56 * * column 6, line 15 - line 20 * * column 8, line 3 - line 30 * * column 17, line 33 - column 18, line 34 * * figure 13 *;
		[A]US2002079706 (REBSDORF ANDERS V [DK], et al) [A] 1,2,9,10 * figures 3A,3B *;
		[A] - MYRZIK J M A ET AL, "String and module integrated inverters for single-phase grid connected photovoltaic systems - a review", CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS / 2003 IEEE BOLOGNA POWER TECH : JUNE 23 - 26, 2003, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, BOLOGNA, ITALY, PISCATAWAY, NJ : IEEE SERVICE CENTER, US, (20030623), vol. 2, ISBN 978-0-7803-7967-1, pages 1 - 8, XP002523862 [A] 1-16 * Section C. The HERIC-Concept *
	International search	[A]US7046534 (SCHMIDT HERIBERT [DE], et al);
		[A]US7015679 (RYBA JIRI [CZ], et al)
	Examination	- William Shepherd ET AL, "14: Matrix Converters", Power Converter Circuits, U.S.A., Marcel Dekker Inc., (20040101), pages 416 - 445, ISBN 978-0-8247-5054-1, XP055273629
		- RAO A ET AL, "A MODIFIED SINGLE PHASE INVERTER TOLOLOGY WITH ACTIVE COMMON MODE VOLTAGE CANCELLATION", 30TH ANNUAL IEEE POWER ELECTRONICS SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE. PESC 99. RECORD. CHARLESTON; [ANNUAL POWER ELECTRONICS SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE], NEW YORK, NY : IEEE, US, (19990101), doi:10.1109/PESC.1999.785610, ISBN 978-0-7803-5422-7, pages 850 - 854, XP000924548 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PESC.1999.785610
		- ROBERTO GONZALEZ ET AL, "High-Efficiency Transformerless Single-phase Photovoltaic Inverter", POWER ELECTRONICS AND MOTION CONTROL CONFERENCE, 2006. EPE-PEMC 2006. 12TH INTERNATIONAL, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20060830), ISBN 978-1-4244-0121-5, pages 1895 - 1900, XP031421900
		- WINJNBERGEN ET AL, "A System for Dispersed Generator Participation in Voltage Control and Primary Frequency Control of the grid", POWER ELECTRONICS SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, 2005. PESC '05. IEEE 36TH, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20050101), doi:10.1109/PESC.2005.1582048, ISBN 978-0-7803-9033-1, pages 2918 - 2924, XP031000538 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PESC.2005.1582048
		- SUNG-HUN KO ET AL, "A Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System with Direct Coupled Power Quality Control", IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, IECON 2006 - 32ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20061101), ISBN 978-1-4244-0135-2, pages 5203 - 5208, XP031077537
		- HASSAINE L ET AL, "Digital control based on the shifting phase for grid connected photovoltaic inverter", APPLIED POWER ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION, 2008. APEC 2008. TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL IEEE, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20080224), ISBN 978-1-4244-1873-2, pages 945 - 951, XP031253361
	by applicant	US5852558

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