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Memory arrangement with means for interfacing a central processing unit

EP 0051920 B1 · Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 5, 1981 and granted July 27, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 5, 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 April 5, 2007.
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FiledOctober 5, 1981
PublishedMay 19, 1982
GrantedJuly 27, 1988
Term endedOctober 5, 2001
Application numberEP 81304613
Classification (CPC)G06F13/4243

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedOct 5, 1981PublishedMay 19, 1982Patent grantedJuly 27, 1988Term endedOct 5, 2001

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