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Switching network with inverted grouping, especially for telephone switching systems

EP 0016396 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed March 10, 1980 and granted June 29, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 10, 2000.
  • 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 September 10, 2005.
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FiledMarch 10, 1980
PublishedOctober 1, 1980
GrantedJune 29, 1983
Term endedMarch 10, 2000
Application numberEP 80101219
Classification (CPC)H04Q3/68

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMarch 10, 1980PublishedOct 1, 1980Patent grantedJune 29, 1983Term endedMarch 10, 2000

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