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EP About this file: EP3979313

EP3979313 - POWER ELECTRONICS DEVICE AND POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE USING THE SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.10.2023
Database last updated on 24.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  28.10.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  19.07.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  04.03.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip07.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC		published on 10.07.2024  [2024/28]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SEMIKRON Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG
Sigmundstrasse 200
90431 Nürnberg / DE
[2022/14]
Inventor(s)01 / Cardi, Valeriano
00165 Rom / IT
02 / Hopfe, Stefan
90571 Schwaig / DE
03 / Muscolino, Maurilio Giovannantonio
00042 Anzio / IT
04 / Santoro, Matteo
00071 Pomezia / IT
05 / Obermaier, Werner
22455 Hamburg / DE
 [2022/14]
Application number, filing date20199403.530.09.2020
[2022/14]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3979313
Date:06.04.2022
Language:DE
[2022/14]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3979313
Date:30.11.2022
Language:DE
[2022/48]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.03.2021
ClassificationIPC:H01L23/373, H01L23/40
[2022/14]
CPC:
H01L23/3735 (EP); H01L23/053 (US); H01L23/13 (US);
H01L23/40 (US); H01L23/49811 (US); H01L23/3731 (EP);
H01L23/4006 (EP) (-)
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 [2022/23]
Former [2022/14]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:LEISTUNGSELEKTRONISCHE EINRICHTUNG UND LEISTUNGSHALBLEITERMODUL DAMIT[2022/14]
English:POWER ELECTRONICS DEVICE AND POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE USING THE SAME[2022/14]
French:DISPOSITIF ÉLECTRONIQUE DE PUISSANCE ET MODULE SEMI-CONDUCTEUR DE PUISSANCE CORRESPONDANT[2022/14]
Examination procedure26.04.2021Examination requested  [2022/14]
26.04.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
03.06.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
20.07.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.10.2022Fee for grant paid
21.10.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.10.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)31.08.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAL30.11.2022
CZ30.11.2022
DK30.11.2022
EE30.11.2022
ES30.11.2022
FI30.11.2022
HR30.11.2022
LT30.11.2022
LV30.11.2022
MC30.11.2022
NL30.11.2022
PL30.11.2022
RO30.11.2022
RS30.11.2022
SE30.11.2022
SI30.11.2022
SK30.11.2022
SM30.11.2022
NO28.02.2023
GR01.03.2023
IS30.03.2023
PT31.03.2023
[2024/28]
Former [2023/51]AL30.11.2022
CZ30.11.2022
DK30.11.2022
EE30.11.2022
ES30.11.2022
FI30.11.2022
HR30.11.2022
LT30.11.2022
LV30.11.2022
NL30.11.2022
PL30.11.2022
RO30.11.2022
RS30.11.2022
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SI30.11.2022
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SM30.11.2022
NO28.02.2023
GR01.03.2023
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PT31.03.2023
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NO28.02.2023
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PT31.03.2023
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NO28.02.2023
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PT31.03.2023
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NO28.02.2023
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PT31.03.2023
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EE30.11.2022
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FI30.11.2022
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PL30.11.2022
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NO28.02.2023
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Documents cited:Search[A]JP2000200865  (SHIBAFU ENGINEERING KK, et al) [A] 1-14 * figures 1,6,11-15 *;
 [A]EP1217659  (SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-14 * figure - * * paragraphs [0006] , [0018] , [0019] , [0039] , [0040] *;
 [A]US2016020161  (SUZUKI KENJI [JP]) [A] 1-14 * figures 1-3,7-10 * * paragraph [0032] - paragraph [0047] ** paragraph [0060] - paragraph [0086] *;
 [A]DE102015213495  (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP [JP]) [A] 1-14 * figure - * * paragraph [0041] - paragraph [0076] *;
 [A]EP3340291  (INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG [DE]) [A] 1-14 * figure - * * paragraph [0010] - paragraph [0054] *
by applicantDE10063714
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