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EP About this file: EP2494571

EP2494571 - AN HVDC BREAKER AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN HVDC BREAKER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  17.10.2014
Database last updated on 30.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip22.06.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 25.07.2018  [2018/30]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ABB Technology AG
Affolternstrasse 44
8050 Zürich / CH
[2013/50]
Former [2012/36]For all designated states
ABB Technology AG
Affoltern Strasse 44
8050 Zürich / CH
Inventor(s)01 / JUHLIN, Lars-Erik
Nyängsvägen 8
S-771 55 Ludvika / SE
 [2012/36]
Representative(s)Ahrengart, Kenneth
ABB AB
Intellectual Property
Forskargränd 7
721 78 Västerås / SE
[N/P]
Former [2012/36]Ahrengart, Kenneth
ABB AB Intellectual Property Ingenjör Bååths Gata 11
721 83 Västerås / SE
Application number, filing date09740892.627.10.2009
WO2009EP64113
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2011050832
Date:05.05.2011
Language:EN
[2011/18]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2494571
Date:05.09.2012
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.05.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2012/36]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2494571
Date:11.12.2013
Language:EN
[2013/50]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP05.05.2011
ClassificationIPC:H01H33/59, H02H3/04, H02J13/00, H01H9/16, H01H33/16
[2012/36]
CPC:
H01H33/596 (EP,US); H01H33/59 (KR); H02H3/04 (KR);
H02J13/00 (KR); H01H2009/0083 (EP,US); H01H33/161 (EP,US);
H01H9/167 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   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,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/36]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
BANot yet paid
RSNot yet paid
TitleGerman:HOCHSPANNUNGS-GLEICHSTROM-SCHUTZSCHALTER UND STEUERVORRICHTUNG FÜR EINEN HOCHSPANNUNGS-GLEICHSTROM-SCHUTZSCHALTER[2012/36]
English:AN HVDC BREAKER AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN HVDC BREAKER[2012/36]
French:DISJONCTEUR POUR COURANT CONTINU HAUTE TENSION (HVDC) ET APPAREIL DE COMMANDE POUR COMMANDER UN DISJONCTEUR HVDC[2012/36]
Entry into regional phase29.05.2012National basic fee paid 
29.05.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
29.05.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure06.07.2011Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
09.05.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.05.2012Examination requested  [2012/36]
21.06.2013Communication of intention to grant the patent
16.10.2013Fee for grant paid
16.10.2013Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  21.06.2013
Opposition(s)12.09.2014No opposition filed within time limit [2014/47]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.05.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
31.10.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
31.10.2013Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU27.10.2009
AT11.12.2013
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Cited inInternational search[A]EP0108279  (HITACHI LTD [JP]) [A] 1* abstract *;
 [X]EP0749140  (GEC ALSTHOM T & D SA [FR]) [X] 1-15 * figure 1; claim 1 *;
 [A]US2003193770  (CHUNG YONG-HO [KR]) [A] 2 * abstract *
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