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EP 0052633 B1 · Applicant: Western Electric Company, Incorporated

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  • Filed May 18, 1981 and granted August 29, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 18, 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 November 18, 2006.
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FiledMay 18, 1981
PublishedJune 2, 1982
GrantedAugust 29, 1984
Term endedMay 18, 2001
Application numberEP 81901465
Classification (CPC)H03K17/785 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMay 18, 1981PublishedJune 2, 1982Patent grantedAug 29, 1984Term endedMay 18, 2001

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