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Solar cells arrangement

EP 0021027 B1 · Applicant: Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-GmbH

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  • Filed May 20, 1980 and granted April 6, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 20, 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 November 20, 2005.
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FiledMay 20, 1980
PublishedJanuary 7, 1981
GrantedApril 6, 1983
Term endedMay 20, 2000
Application numberEP 80102770
Classification (CPC)H10F77/488

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMay 20, 1980PublishedJan 7, 1981Patent grantedApril 6, 1983Term endedMay 20, 2000

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