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Supply means comprising a chopper, regulated against variations of input voltage and output power, particularly for a television receiver

EP 0021867 B1 · Applicant: THOMSON-BRANDT

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  • Filed April 29, 1980 and granted January 5, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 29, 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 October 29, 2005.
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FiledApril 29, 1980
PublishedJanuary 7, 1981
GrantedJanuary 5, 1983
Term endedApril 29, 2000
Application numberEP 80400589
Classification (CPC)H02M3/33507

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedApril 29, 1980PublishedJan 7, 1981Patent grantedJan 5, 1983Term endedApril 29, 2000

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