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Method and circuit for feeding call signals to telecommunication lines, especially in telephone exchanges

EP 0037540 B1 · Applicant: International Standard Electric Corporation

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  • Filed March 28, 1981 and granted January 2, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 28, 2001.
  • 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 28, 2006.
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FiledMarch 28, 1981
PublishedOctober 14, 1981
GrantedJanuary 2, 1986
Term endedMarch 28, 2001
Application numberEP 81102363
Classification (CPC)H04M19/023

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMarch 28, 1981PublishedOct 14, 1981Patent grantedJan 2, 1986Term endedMarch 28, 2001

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