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Tri-state logic buffer circuit

EP 0023210 B1 · Applicant: Western Electric Company, Incorporated

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  • Filed January 2, 1980 and granted March 30, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 2, 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 July 2, 2005.
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FiledJanuary 2, 1980
PublishedFebruary 4, 1981
GrantedMarch 30, 1983
Term endedJanuary 2, 2000
Application numberEP 80900215
Classification (CPC)H03K19/09429

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedJan 2, 1980PublishedFeb 4, 1981Patent grantedMarch 30, 1983Term endedJan 2, 2000

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