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EP0045310 - CONTROL CIRCUITRY USING A PULL-DOWN TRANSISTOR FOR HIGH VOLTAGE SOLID-STATE SWITCHES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.06.1987
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip15.06.1987No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 05.08.1987 [1987/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Western Electric Company, Incorporated
222 Broadway
New York, NY 10038 / US
[1983/10]
Former [1982/06]For all designated states
Western Electric Company, Incorporated
222 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10038 / US
Inventor(s)01 / DAVIS, James Alvin
547 Prince Edward Road
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 / US
02 / MACPHERSON, William Frederick
27W 184 Wallace Road
Wheaton, IL 60187 / US
03 / SHACKLE, Peter William
234, Ohio Street
West Melborne, Florida 32901 / US
[1986/34]
Former [1982/15]01 / DAVIS, James Alvin
547 Prince Edward Road
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 / US
02 / MACPHERSON, William Frederick
27W 184 Wallace Road
Wheaton, IL 60187 / US
03 / SHACKLE, Peter William
234, Ohio Street
Bridgewater, NJ 08807 / US
Former [1982/06]01 / DAVIS, James Alvin
547 Prince Edward Road
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 / US
02 / MACPHERSON, William Frederick
27W 184 Wallace Road
Wheaton, IL 60187 / US
03 / SHACKLE, Peter William
1395 Croyden Road
Bridgewater, NJ 08807 / US
Representative(s)Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk, et al
Lucent Technologies Inc., 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green
Essex IG8 0TU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1982/06]Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk, et al
AT&T (UK) Ltd. 5 Mornington Road
Woodford Green Essex IG8 0TU / GB
Application number, filing date81900372.422.12.1980
[1982/06]
WO1980US01696
Priority number, dateUS1979010777828.12.1979         Original published format: US 107778
[1982/06]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8101925
Date:09.07.1981
[1981/16]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0045310
Date:10.02.1982
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.07.1981 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1982/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0045310
Date:20.08.1986
Language:EN
[1986/34]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.04.1982
ClassificationIPC:H03K17/60, H03K3/35, H03K3/353, H01L29/80, H01L29/74, H01L29/12
[1982/06]
CPC:
H03K17/567 (EP,US); H03K17/51 (KR); H01L27/0817 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL,   SE [1982/06]
TitleGerman:STEUERSCHALTUNG MIT EINEM ABSENKUNGSTRANSISTOR FÜR HOCHSPANNUNGSHALBLEITERSCHALTER[1982/06]
English:CONTROL CIRCUITRY USING A PULL-DOWN TRANSISTOR FOR HIGH VOLTAGE SOLID-STATE SWITCHES[1982/06]
French:CIRCUIT DE COMMANDE UTILISANT UN TRANSISTOR DE RABATTEMENT POUR DES COMMUTATEURS A SEMI-CONDUCTEURS DE HAUTE TENSION[1982/06]
File destroyed:15.01.2000
Entry into regional phase19.08.1981National basic fee paid 
19.08.1981Search fee paid 
19.08.1981Designation fee(s) paid 
14.12.1981Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.12.1981Examination requested  [1982/09]
30.09.1983Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
10.01.1984Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.07.1984Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.10.1984Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.06.1985Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.10.1985Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.01.1986Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
10.02.1986Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.04.1986Fee for grant paid
08.04.1986Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)21.05.1987No opposition filed within time limit [1987/32]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.12.1982Renewal fee patent year 03
14.12.1983Renewal fee patent year 04
13.12.1984Renewal fee patent year 05
09.12.1985Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[X]US3891866  (OKUHARA SHINZI, et al);
 [A]US4060821  (HOUSTON DOUGLAS E, et al);
 [X]US4117350  (KALFUS MARTIN AARON, et al);
 [A]US4132996  (BALIGA B JAYANT);
 [XP]US4224634  (SVEDBERG PER);
 [AT]US4242697  (BERTHOLD JOSEPH E [US], et al)
Examination   - General Electric "SCR MANUAL" sixth edition 1979, p. 199
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