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EP4371206 - AUTOMATIC ISOLATION SWITCH FOR A MICROGRID [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  19.04.2024
Database last updated on 10.03.2026
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  20.01.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip07.11.2025Amendment by applicant 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Asco Power Technologies, L.P.
160 Park Avenue
Florham Park, NJ 07932 / US
[2024/21]
Inventor(s)01 / HASTINGS, Jonathan
Clemson, South Carolina 29631 / US
02 / BONACHEA, Victor E.
Elmwood Park, New Jersey 07407 / US
03 / SCHNEIDER, Matthew
Florham Park, New Jersey 07932 / US
 [2024/21]
Representative(s)Plasseraud IP
104 Rue de Richelieu
CS92104
75080 Paris Cedex 02 / FR
[N/P]
Former [2024/21]Plasseraud IP
66, rue de la Chaussée d'Antin
75440 Paris Cedex 09 / FR
Application number, filing date22842908.015.07.2022
[2024/21]
WO2022US37238
Priority number, dateUS202163222461P16.07.2021         Original published format: US 202163222461 P
US20221786501314.07.2022         Original published format: US202217865013
[2024/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2023288036
Date:19.01.2023
Language:EN
[2023/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4371206
Date:22.05.2024
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.01.2023 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2024/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR19.01.2023
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.05.2025
ClassificationIPC:H02J9/06, H02J3/32, H02J3/38
[2025/24]
CPC:
H02J9/062 (EP,US); H02J3/0012 (US); H02J3/007 (EP);
H02J3/32 (EP); H02J3/388 (EP); H02J9/068 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2024/21]H02J9/06
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 [2024/21]
TitleGerman:AUTOMATISCHER TRENNSCHALTER FÜR EIN MIKRONETZ[2024/21]
English:AUTOMATIC ISOLATION SWITCH FOR A MICROGRID[2024/21]
French:COMMUTATEUR D'ISOLEMENT AUTOMATIQUE POUR MINIRÉSEAU[2024/21]
Entry into regional phase21.03.2023National basic fee paid 
21.03.2023Search fee paid 
21.03.2023Designation fee(s) paid 
21.03.2023Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.03.2023Examination requested  [2024/21]
06.11.2025Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
06.11.2025Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.07.2024Renewal fee patent year 03
25.07.2025Renewal fee patent year 04
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 [XI] US2019237995  (AKITA TETSUO et al.) [X] 1,3-4,7,9,12,14-15 * paragraphs [0042] , [0045] , [0047]; figure 1 *[I] 13
 [IX] US2008203820  (KRAMER THOMAS et al.) [I] 15 * paragraphs [0075] - [0077] - [0080] , [0082]; figure 1 *[X] 1,3-4,7,9,12-14
 [Y] US9525308  (BULLOCK MARK et al.) [Y] 6,11 * column 2, lines 4-11 *
 [Y] EP2339714  (SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD et al.) [Y] 8 * figure 5 *
 [Y] US2014266289  (DELLA SERA ALDO P et al.) [Y] 2,5,10 * paragraphs [0128] , [0138]; figure 24 *
International search[XY] KR20200032293  (HAN YEON SOO et al.) [X] 1,3-4,6-9,11-12,14-20 * Paragraphs [0049]-[0067], [0081]-[0088], [0110]-[0140], [0168], [0188], [0208]; claims 1, 4, 13; and figures 1-8 *[Y] 2,5,10,13
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 [A] KR20140028482  (NEXCON TEC CO LTD et al.) [A] 1-20 * Paragraphs [0037]-[0053]; claims 1-7; and figure 2 *
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