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EP4046264 - GATE DRIVER BOOTSTRAP CIRCUITS AND RELATED METHODS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.07.2022
Database last updated on 28.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  24.04.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip01.11.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Texas Instruments Incorporated
P.O. Box 655474
Mail Station 3999
Dallas, TX 75265 / US
[2022/34]
Inventor(s)01 / LEE, Kyoung, Min
825 Reigh Count Pl.
Cary, NC 27519 / US
02 / VEMURI, Satish, Kumar
4728 Fielding Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606 / US
03 / WALDEN, James, Michael
112 Cypress View Way
Apex, NC 27502 / US
 [2022/34]
Representative(s)Zeller, Andreas
Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
EMEA Patent Department
Haggertystraße 1
85356 Freising / DE
[2022/34]
Application number, filing date20877086.719.10.2020
[2022/34]
WO2020US56303
Priority number, dateUS201962923343P18.10.2019         Original published format: US 201962923343 P
US20201680174626.02.2020         Original published format: US202016801746
[2022/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021077076
Date:22.04.2021
Language:EN
[2021/16]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4046264
Date:24.08.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.04.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/34]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:RU22.04.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.02.2023
ClassificationIPC:H02M1/08, H03K17/042, H03K17/687, H03K17/06, H02M1/00, H02M5/458, H02M7/5387, H02P27/08, H03K17/689, // H02M1/42, H02M1/32
[2022/51]
CPC:
H03K17/06 (EP); H03K17/567 (US); H02M1/0006 (EP);
H02M1/0009 (EP); H02M1/0012 (EP); H02M1/007 (EP);
H02M1/08 (EP,US); H02M5/4585 (EP); H02M7/53871 (EP,US);
H02P27/08 (EP,US); H03K17/063 (EP); H03K17/687 (EP);
H03K17/689 (EP); H02M1/32 (EP); H02M1/4208 (EP);
H03K2217/0036 (EP); H03K2217/0063 (EP); H03K2217/0081 (EP);
Y02B70/10 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2022/34]H02M1/08, H03K17/042
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 [2022/34]
TitleGerman:GATETREIBER-BOOTSTRAP-SCHALTUNGEN UND ZUGEHÖRIGE VERFAHREN[2022/34]
English:GATE DRIVER BOOTSTRAP CIRCUITS AND RELATED METHODS[2022/34]
French:CIRCUITS D'AMORÇAGE DE COMMANDE DE GRILLE ET PROCÉDÉS ASSOCIÉS[2022/34]
Entry into regional phase18.05.2022National basic fee paid 
18.05.2022Search fee paid 
18.05.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
18.05.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.05.2022Examination requested  [2022/34]
21.09.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.09.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
31.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP2207257  (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP [JP]) [A] 1-9 * figure 6 *;
 [A]US2012013371  (NAKATAKE HIROSHI [JP], et al) [A] 1-9* figure 1a *;
 [XAI]WO2012015427  (OTIS ELEVATOR CO [US], et al) [X] 1,2,5,23 * figure 3 * [A] 7 [I] 3,4,6,8,9
International search[Y]US2005100330  (SU GUI-JIA [US], et al) [Y] 33 * , abstract, figure 5 *;
 [A]US2018309435  (SAKAI SHINJI [JP], et al) [A] 1-34;
 [A]WO2019026045  (INDIAN INST SCIENT [IN])[A] 1-34;
 [XYA]US2019140637  (CHEN JING [CN], et al) [X] 23-25, 31, 32 * , paragraphs [0002], [0032], claim 12, figure 7 * [Y] 33 [A] 1-22, 26-30, 34
by applicantWO2012015427
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