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Signal generator for obtaining an acoustic signal

EP 0038043 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed April 10, 1981 and granted April 11, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 10, 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 October 10, 2006.
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FiledApril 10, 1981
PublishedOctober 21, 1981
GrantedApril 11, 1984
Term endedApril 10, 2001
Application numberEP 81102766
Classification (CPC)H04R17/10

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedApril 10, 1981PublishedOct 21, 1981Patent grantedApril 11, 1984Term endedApril 10, 2001

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