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EP3217527 - TRANSFORMER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.09.2020 Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 18.10.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 23.06.2019
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 11.08.2017
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 22.02.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0041 / JP
	For all designated states National University Corporation Toyohashi University of Technology 1-1 Hibarigaoka Tempaku-cho Toyohashi-shi Aichi 441-8580 / JP
	[2019/47]
Former [2017/37]	For all designated states Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0041 / JP
	For all designated states National University Corporation Toyohashi University of Technology 1-1 Hibarigaoka Tempaku-cho Toyohashi-shi Aichi 441-8580 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / NAKAHATA, Hideaki c/o Osaka Works of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 1-3 Shimaya 1-chome Konohana-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 554-0024 / JP
	02 / HIROTSU, Kenichi c/o Osaka Works of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 1-3 Shimaya 1-chome Konohana-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 554-0024 / JP
	03 / OHIRA, Takashi c/o National University Corporation Toyohashi University of Technology 1-1 Hibarigaoka Tempaku-cho Toyohashi-shi Aichi 441-8580 / JP
	04 / YAMADA, Kyohei c/o National University Corporation Toyohashi University of Technology 1-1 Hibarigaoka Tempaku-cho Toyohashi-shi Aichi 441-8580 / JP
	05 / EGASHIRA, Daiya c/o National University Corporation Toyohashi University of Technology 1-1 Hibarigaoka Tempaku-cho Toyohashi-shi Aichi 441-8580 / JP
	[2019/47]
Former [2017/37]	01 / NAKAHATA, Hideaki c/o Osaka Works of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. 1-3 Shimaya 1-chome Konohana-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 554-0024 / JP
	02 / HIROTSU, Kenichi c/o Osaka Works of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. 1-3 Shimaya 1-chome Konohana-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 554-0024 / JP
	03 / OHIRA, Takashi c/o NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 1-1 Hibarigaoka Tempaku-cho Toyohashi-shi Aichi 441-8580 / JP
	04 / YAMADA, Kyohei c/o NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 1-1 Hibarigaoka Tempaku-cho Toyohashi-shi Aichi 441-8580 / JP
	05 / EGASHIRA, Daiya c/o NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 1-1 Hibarigaoka Tempaku-cho Toyohashi-shi Aichi 441-8580 / JP
Representative(s)	Boult Wade Tennant LLP Salisbury Square House 8 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8AP / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2019/47]	Boult Wade Tennant LLP 5th Floor, Salisbury Square House 8, Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8AP / GB
Former [2017/37]	Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
Application number, filing date	15857728.8	09.10.2015
	[2017/37]
	WO2015JP78736
Priority number, date	JP20140225426	05.11.2014 Original published format: JP 2014225426
	[2017/37]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016072213
	Date:	12.05.2016
	Language:	JA
	[2016/19]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3217527
	Date:	13.09.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/37]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3217527
	Date:	20.11.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/47]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	12.05.2016
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	01.06.2018
Classification	IPC:	H02M5/22, H02M3/155, H02M3/158, H02M5/293	[2018/27]
	CPC:	H02M3/158 (EP,US); H02M5/22 (KR,US); H02M5/12 (US); H02M3/155 (KR); H02M5/293 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2017/37]	H02M5/22, H02M3/155
Designated contracting states	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 [2017/37]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
Title	German:	TRANSFORMATOR	[2017/37]
	English:	TRANSFORMER	[2017/37]
	French:	TRANSFORMATEUR	[2017/37]
Entry into regional phase	22.02.2017	Translation filed
	22.02.2017	National basic fee paid
	22.02.2017	Search fee paid
	22.02.2017	Designation fee(s) paid
	22.02.2017	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	22.02.2017	Examination requested [2017/37]
	22.02.2017	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	02.01.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	24.06.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	02.09.2019	Fee for grant paid
	02.09.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	02.09.2019	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	21.08.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2020/44]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	25.10.2017	Renewal fee patent year 03
	11.10.2018	Renewal fee patent year 04
	15.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	09.10.2015
	AL	20.11.2019
	AT	20.11.2019
	CY	20.11.2019
	CZ	20.11.2019
	DK	20.11.2019
	EE	20.11.2019
	ES	20.11.2019
	FI	20.11.2019
	HR	20.11.2019
	IT	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	LV	20.11.2019
	MC	20.11.2019
	MK	20.11.2019
	MT	20.11.2019
	NL	20.11.2019
	PL	20.11.2019
	RO	20.11.2019
	RS	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	SI	20.11.2019
	SK	20.11.2019
	SM	20.11.2019
	TR	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
	GR	21.02.2020
	IS	20.03.2020
	PT	12.04.2020
	[2022/32]
Former [2022/27]	HU	09.10.2015
	AL	20.11.2019
	AT	20.11.2019
	CY	20.11.2019
	CZ	20.11.2019
	DK	20.11.2019
	EE	20.11.2019
	ES	20.11.2019
	FI	20.11.2019
	HR	20.11.2019
	IT	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	LV	20.11.2019
	MC	20.11.2019
	MT	20.11.2019
	NL	20.11.2019
	PL	20.11.2019
	RO	20.11.2019
	RS	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	SI	20.11.2019
	SK	20.11.2019
	SM	20.11.2019
	TR	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
	GR	21.02.2020
	IS	20.03.2020
	PT	12.04.2020
Former [2021/31]	AL	20.11.2019
	AT	20.11.2019
	CZ	20.11.2019
	DK	20.11.2019
	EE	20.11.2019
	ES	20.11.2019
	FI	20.11.2019
	HR	20.11.2019
	IT	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	LV	20.11.2019
	MC	20.11.2019
	NL	20.11.2019
	PL	20.11.2019
	RO	20.11.2019
	RS	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	SI	20.11.2019
	SK	20.11.2019
	SM	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
	GR	21.02.2020
	IS	20.03.2020
	PT	12.04.2020
Former [2021/10]	AL	20.11.2019
	AT	20.11.2019
	CZ	20.11.2019
	DK	20.11.2019
	EE	20.11.2019
	ES	20.11.2019
	FI	20.11.2019
	HR	20.11.2019
	IT	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	LV	20.11.2019
	NL	20.11.2019
	PL	20.11.2019
	RO	20.11.2019
	RS	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	SI	20.11.2019
	SK	20.11.2019
	SM	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
	GR	21.02.2020
	IS	20.03.2020
	PT	12.04.2020
Former [2020/51]	AL	20.11.2019
	AT	20.11.2019
	CZ	20.11.2019
	DK	20.11.2019
	EE	20.11.2019
	ES	20.11.2019
	FI	20.11.2019
	HR	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	LV	20.11.2019
	NL	20.11.2019
	PL	20.11.2019
	RO	20.11.2019
	RS	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	SI	20.11.2019
	SK	20.11.2019
	SM	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
	GR	21.02.2020
	IS	20.03.2020
	PT	12.04.2020
Former [2020/37]	AL	20.11.2019
	CZ	20.11.2019
	DK	20.11.2019
	EE	20.11.2019
	ES	20.11.2019
	FI	20.11.2019
	HR	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	LV	20.11.2019
	NL	20.11.2019
	RO	20.11.2019
	RS	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	SK	20.11.2019
	SM	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
	GR	21.02.2020
	IS	20.03.2020
	PT	12.04.2020
Former [2020/36]	AL	20.11.2019
	CZ	20.11.2019
	DK	20.11.2019
	EE	20.11.2019
	ES	20.11.2019
	FI	20.11.2019
	HR	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	LV	20.11.2019
	NL	20.11.2019
	RO	20.11.2019
	RS	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
	GR	21.02.2020
	IS	20.03.2020
	PT	12.04.2020
Former [2020/35]	AL	20.11.2019
	CZ	20.11.2019
	ES	20.11.2019
	FI	20.11.2019
	HR	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	LV	20.11.2019
	NL	20.11.2019
	RO	20.11.2019
	RS	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
	GR	21.02.2020
	IS	20.03.2020
Former [2020/34]	AL	20.11.2019
	ES	20.11.2019
	FI	20.11.2019
	HR	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	LV	20.11.2019
	NL	20.11.2019
	RS	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
	GR	21.02.2020
	IS	20.03.2020
Former [2020/32]	AL	20.11.2019
	FI	20.11.2019
	HR	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	LV	20.11.2019
	NL	20.11.2019
	RS	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
	GR	21.02.2020
	IS	20.03.2020
Former [2020/26]	FI	20.11.2019
	HR	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	LV	20.11.2019
	NL	20.11.2019
	RS	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
	GR	21.02.2020
	IS	20.03.2020
Former [2020/24]	FI	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	LV	20.11.2019
	NL	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
	GR	21.02.2020
	IS	20.03.2020
Former [2020/23]	FI	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	LV	20.11.2019
	NL	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
	GR	21.02.2020
Former [2020/22]	FI	20.11.2019
	LT	20.11.2019
	SE	20.11.2019
	BG	20.02.2020
	NO	20.02.2020
Former [2020/21]	NO	20.02.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[IA]US2005030767 (PHADKE VIJAY GANGADHAR [PH], et al) [I] 1 * paragraphs [0055] , [0056]; figure 8 * [A] 2-5;
		[A]EP2023475 (SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG [DE]) [A] 1-5* the whole document *;
		[A]DE202011102068U (VOLTWERK ELECTRONICS GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-5 * paragraphs [0049] , [0050]; figure 2 *
	International search	[A]JP2010074931 (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES) [A] 1-5* , entire text; all drawings (Family: none) *;
		[A]JP2013146181 (ASAHI KASEI DENSHI KK) [A] 1-5 * , paragraphs [0022] to [0041]; fig. 4 to 7 (Family: none) *;
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	Examination	DE202011102068U

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