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Overvoltage protection circuit for line amplifiers

EP 0042014 B1 · Applicant: ANT Nachrichtentechnik GmbH

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  • Filed December 24, 1980 and granted May 9, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 24, 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 June 24, 2006.
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FiledDecember 24, 1980
PublishedDecember 23, 1981
GrantedMay 9, 1984
Term endedDecember 24, 2000
Application numberEP 80108203
Classification (CPC)H03F1/52 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedDec 24, 1980PublishedDec 23, 1981Patent grantedMay 9, 1984Term endedDec 24, 2000

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