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Switching stage for controlling a tetrode

EP 0038440 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed March 30, 1981 and granted June 13, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 30, 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 30, 2006.
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FiledMarch 30, 1981
PublishedOctober 28, 1981
GrantedJune 13, 1984
Term endedMarch 30, 2001
Application numberEP 81102397
Classification (CPC)H03F3/24

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMarch 30, 1981PublishedOct 28, 1981Patent grantedJune 13, 1984Term endedMarch 30, 2001

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