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Electrolytic capacitor

EP 0054989 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed November 25, 1981 and granted February 19, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 25, 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 May 25, 2007.
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FiledNovember 25, 1981
PublishedJune 30, 1982
GrantedFebruary 19, 1986
Term endedNovember 25, 2001
Application numberEP 81201306
Classification (CPC)H01G9/022

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedNov 25, 1981PublishedJune 30, 1982Patent grantedFeb 19, 1986Term endedNov 25, 2001

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