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A programming controller for a controller for electrical circuit systems and apparatus

EP 0002138 B1 · Applicant: CUTLER-HAMMER WORLD TRADE, INC.

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  • Filed November 22, 1978 and granted April 14, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 22, 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 May 22, 2004.
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FiledNovember 22, 1978
PublishedMay 30, 1979
GrantedApril 14, 1982
Term endedNovember 22, 1998
Application numberEP 78300655
Classification (CPC)G05B19/056

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedNov 22, 1978PublishedMay 30, 1979Patent grantedApril 14, 1982Term endedNov 22, 1998

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