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Inductive coil module

EP 0018378 B1 · Applicant: Western Electric Company, Incorporated

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  • Filed April 30, 1979 and granted December 1, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 30, 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 October 30, 2004.
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FiledApril 30, 1979
PublishedDecember 1, 1982
GrantedDecember 1, 1982
Term endedApril 30, 1999
Application numberEP 79900512
Classification (CPC)H01F17/08 +1 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedApril 30, 1979PublishedDec 1, 1982Patent grantedDec 1, 1982Term endedApril 30, 1999

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