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Touch sensitive tablet using force detection

EP 0025282 B1 · Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.

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  • Filed August 15, 1980 and granted April 18, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 15, 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 February 15, 2006.
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FiledAugust 15, 1980
PublishedMarch 18, 1981
GrantedApril 18, 1984
Term endedAugust 15, 2000
Application numberEP 80302819
Classification (CPC)G06F3/04142

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedAug 15, 1980PublishedMarch 18, 1981Patent grantedApril 18, 1984Term endedAug 15, 2000

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