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Earth fault circuit breaker with a checking device including a checking button

EP 0017818 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed March 26, 1980 and granted September 15, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 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 26, 2005.
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FiledMarch 26, 1980
PublishedOctober 29, 1980
GrantedSeptember 15, 1982
Term endedMarch 26, 2000
Application numberEP 80101611
Classification (CPC)H01H83/04

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMarch 26, 1980PublishedOct 29, 1980Patent grantedSep 15, 1982Term endedMarch 26, 2000

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