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Gas discharge display device

EP 0012922 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed December 10, 1979 and granted January 20, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 10, 1999.
  • 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 June 10, 2005.
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FiledDecember 10, 1979
PublishedJuly 9, 1980
GrantedJanuary 20, 1982
Term endedDecember 10, 1999
Application numberEP 79105080
Classification (CPC)H01J17/498

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedDec 10, 1979PublishedJuly 9, 1980Patent grantedJan 20, 1982Term endedDec 10, 1999

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