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EP2454923 - ELECTRONIC BALLAST AND STARTUP METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  11.01.2013
Database last updated on 26.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.01.2013Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 13.02.2013  [2013/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
Groenewoudseweg 1
5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
[2012/21]
Former [N/P]For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
Groenewoudseweg 1
5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
Inventor(s)01 / FANG, Yuhong
P.O. Box 3001 345 Scarborough Road
Briarcliff Manor New York 10510-8001 / US
02 / VENKIT, Sree
P.O. Box 3001 345 Scarborough Road
Briarcliff Manor New York 10510-8001 / US
03 / PRADHAN, Sanjaya Kumar
P.O. Box 3001 345 Scarborough Road
Briarcliff Manor New York 10510-8001 / US
04 / LOPEZ, Alejandro
P.O. Box 3001 345 Scarborough Road
Briarcliff Manor New York 10510-8001 / US
05 / GROUEV, George
P.O. Box 3001 345 Scarborough Road
Briarcliff Manor New York 10510-8001 / US
06 / GANESH, Arun
P.O. Box 3001 345 Scarborough Road
Briarcliff Manor New York 10510-8001 / US
07 / RHODES, Bruce
P.O. Box 3001 345 Scarborough Road
Briarcliff Manor New York 10510-8001 / US
 [2012/21]
Representative(s)van Eeuwijk, Alexander Henricus Waltherus
Signify Netherlands B.V.
Intellectual Property
High Tech Campus 7
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
[N/P]
Former [2012/21]Van Eeuwijk, Alexander Henricus Waltherus
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards P.O. Box 220
5600 AE Eindhoven / NL
Application number, filing date10740003.830.06.2010
WO2010IB52991
Priority number, dateUS20090226039P16.07.2009         Original published format: US 226039 P
[2012/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2011007283
Date:20.01.2011
Language:EN
[2011/03]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2454923
Date:23.05.2012
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.01.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2012/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP05.05.2011
ClassificationIPC:H05B41/295
[2012/21]
CPC:
H05B41/295 (EP,US); H05B41/2985 (EP,US)
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,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/21]
TitleGerman:ELEKTRONISCHES VORSCHALTGERÄT UND STARTVERFAHREN[2012/21]
English:ELECTRONIC BALLAST AND STARTUP METHOD[2012/21]
French:BALLAST ÉLECTRONIQUE ET PROCÉDÉ DE DÉMARRAGE[2012/21]
Entry into regional phase16.02.2012National basic fee paid 
16.02.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
16.02.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.02.2012Examination requested  [2012/21]
17.10.2012Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report not received in time
04.01.2013Application withdrawn by applicant  [2013/07]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.07.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
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Cited inInternational search[XA]GB2277415  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD [JP]) [X] 16-28 * the whole document * [A] 1-15;
 [A]WO9846054  (KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL], et al) [A] 1-28 * the whole document *;
 [A]WO9960825  (ENERGY SAVINGS INC [US]) [A] 1-28* the whole document *;
 [A]US6501225  (KONOPKA JOHN G [US]) [A] 1-28 * the whole document *;
 [A]US2007138967  (CHEN TIMOTHY [US], et al) [A] 1-28 * the whole document *
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