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SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING TWO ON-LOAD TAP CHANGERS, ELECTRIC SYSTEM COMPRISING A SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT OF SAID TYPE, AND USE THEREOF

Publication No. EP3183738

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App No. EP15719204

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Filed by Reinhausen GmbH

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Filed on 2015-04-24

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Issued/Published on 2025-08-20

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Publication No. EP3183738 A1

Application No. EP15719204 Filed: 2015-04-24

Grant Date 2025-08-20 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

Patent abstract is being processed or was not provided in English by the publishing office.

IPC Classifications

H01H9/00, H01F29/04, H02P13/06

Priority Claims

DE 20141012266 Date: 2014-08-22

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

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

Parties & Representation

Applicants

Reinhausen GmbH

Falkensteinstraße 8, 93059 Regensburg

Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH

Falkensteinstrasse 8, 93059 Regensburg

Inventors (4)

BÄUML, Gerhard

Kaminskistrasse 20A, 93128 Regenstauf

SHEIKO, Stanislav

Himmelreichweg 34, 85221 Dachau

SPÄTH, Matthias

Reinhausen 12, 93059 Regensburg

SHEN, Dazhong

Adolph von Menzelstrasse 3, 93073 Neutraubling

Representatives / Agents

Hofstetter, Schurack & Partner

Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei, PartG mbB

Epping - Hermann - Fischer

Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Schloßschmidstraße 5

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2017-03-22

Mention Of Grant Published 2025-08-20

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2020-02-13

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Non-Patent Scientific Literature (NPL)

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SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING TWO ON-LOAD TAP CHANGERS, ELECTRIC SYSTEM COMPRISING A SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT OF SAID TYPE, AND USE THEREOF

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