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Zero insertion force printed circuit board edge connector

EP 0002114 B1 · Applicant: AMP INCORPORATED (a New Jersey corporation)

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  • Filed October 27, 1978 and granted January 7, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 27, 1998.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by April 27, 2004.
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FiledOctober 27, 1978
PublishedMay 30, 1979
GrantedJanuary 7, 1981
Term endedOctober 27, 1998
Application numberEP 78300558
Classification (CPC)H01R12/88

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedOct 27, 1978PublishedMay 30, 1979Patent grantedJan 7, 1981Term endedOct 27, 1998

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