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Protective cover for electrical connector receptacle open end

EP 0043635 B1 · Applicant: AUTOMATION INDUSTRIES INC.

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  • Filed February 23, 1981 and granted November 7, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 23, 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 August 23, 2006.
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FiledFebruary 23, 1981
PublishedJanuary 13, 1982
GrantedNovember 7, 1984
Term endedFebruary 23, 2001
Application numberEP 81300741
Classification (CPC)H01R13/44

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedFeb 23, 1981PublishedJan 13, 1982Patent grantedNov 7, 1984Term endedFeb 23, 2001

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