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Safety device for load tap changer

EP 0035604 B1 · Applicant: ATELIERS DE CONSTRUCTIONS ELECTRIQUES DE CHARLEROI (ACEC) Société Anonyme

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  • Filed March 7, 1980 and granted August 31, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 7, 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 September 7, 2005.
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FiledMarch 7, 1980
PublishedSeptember 16, 1981
GrantedAugust 31, 1983
Term endedMarch 7, 2000
Application numberEP 80200222
Classification (CPC)H01H9/0033 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMarch 7, 1980PublishedSep 16, 1981Patent grantedAug 31, 1983Term endedMarch 7, 2000

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