EP0895341 - Switching control arrangement [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 05.03.2004 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.03.2008 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 09.04.2008 [2008/15] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Alstom UK Newbold Road Rugby Warwickshire CV21 2NH / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2004/13] | For all designated states Alstom UK Newbold Road Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2NH / GB | ||
Former [1999/05] | For all designated states GEC ALSTHOM LIMITED Mill Road, P.O. Box 70 Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 1TB / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Ainsworth, John Desmond The Hollies, Croxton Staffordshire, ST21 6PE / GB | [1999/05] | Representative(s) | Poulin, Gérard, et al BREVALEX 95, rue d'Amsterdam 75378 Paris Cedex 8 / FR | [N/P] |
Former [2004/13] | Poulin, Gérard, et al Brevatome 3, rue du Docteur Lancereaux 75008 Paris / FR | ||
Former [2001/12] | Dargavel, Laurence Peter Alstom UK Limited, PO Box 70, Mill Road Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 1TB / GB | ||
Former [1999/05] | Hoste, Colin Francis The General Electric Company p.l.c. GEC Patent Department Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX / GB | Application number, filing date | 98304906.5 | 23.06.1998 | [1999/05] | Priority number, date | GB19970015940 | 29.07.1997 Original published format: GB 9715940 | [1999/05] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0895341 | Date: | 03.02.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/05] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0895341 | Date: | 15.11.2000 | [2000/46] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0895341 | Date: | 02.05.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/18] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 02.10.2000 | Classification | IPC: | H02M7/48 | [1999/05] | CPC: |
H02J3/1857 (EP,US);
Y02E40/10 (EP,US);
Y02E40/20 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, CH, DE, FI, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [2001/31] |
Former [1999/05] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Schaltregleranordnung | [1999/05] | English: | Switching control arrangement | [1999/05] | French: | Dispositif de contrôle de commutation | [1999/05] | Examination procedure | 02.02.2001 | Examination requested [2001/14] | 16.07.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 26.09.2001 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) BE, CY, DK, ES, GR, IE, LU, MC, PT | 16.11.2001 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 08.01.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.08.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 17.01.2003 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time | 24.01.2003 | Fee for grant paid | 24.01.2003 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 03.02.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit [2004/17] | Request for further processing for: | 24.01.2003 | Request for further processing filed | 05.02.2003 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 03.03.2003 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 22.05.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 17.05.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 21.05.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 04.07.2001 | BE   M01   Not yet paid | 04.07.2001 | CY   M01   Not yet paid | 04.07.2001 | DK   M01   Not yet paid | 04.07.2001 | ES   M01   Not yet paid | 04.07.2001 | GR   M01   Not yet paid | 04.07.2001 | IE   M01   Not yet paid | 04.07.2001 | LU   M01   Not yet paid | 04.07.2001 | MC   M01   Not yet paid | 04.07.2001 | PT   M01   Not yet paid |
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Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 02.05.2003 | FI | 02.05.2003 | IT | 02.05.2003 | NL | 02.05.2003 | GB | 02.08.2003 | [2008/15] |
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DE | 05.08.2003 | ||
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Former [2004/02] | NL | 02.05.2003 | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]GB2294821 (GEC ALSTHOM LTD [GB]) [Y] 1,2 * page 7, line 6 - line 12 * * page 18, line 9 - line 23 * * page 19, line 5 - line 9 * * page 26, line 10 - line 23 * * figures 3,14,19,21 *; | [Y]US5532575 (AINSWORTH JOHN D [GB], et al) [Y] 1,2 * column 2, line 45 - line 48 * * figure 1 *; | [A]US5644483 (PENG FANG ZHENG [US], et al) [A] 1,2 * column 6, line 59 - line 64 * * figure 2 *; | [A] - OGUCHI K ET AL, "Voltage waveform synthesis of a three-phase multilevel converter with an additional single-phase converter for voltage shaping", INSPEC, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, STEVENAGE, GB, Database accession no. 4864799, XP002146094 [A] 1,2 * abstract * | [ ] - IAS '94. CONFERENCE RECORD OF THE 1994 INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE TWENTY-NINTH IAS ANNUAL MEETING (CAT. NO.94CH34520), PROCEEDINGS OF 1994 IEEE INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, DENVER, CO, USA, 2-6 OCT. 1994, 1994, New York, NY, USA, IEEE, USA, ISBN 0-7803-1993-1, pages 965 - 970 vol.2 |