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Short-circuit protection device for a direct current actuator

EP 0060331 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed October 27, 1981 and granted February 20, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 27, 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 27, 2007.
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FiledOctober 27, 1981
PublishedSeptember 22, 1982
GrantedFebruary 20, 1985
Term endedOctober 27, 2001
Application numberEP 81109044
Classification (CPC)H02H7/0838

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedOct 27, 1981PublishedSep 22, 1982Patent grantedFeb 20, 1985Term endedOct 27, 2001

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