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High sensitivity differential protection device for the detection of earthed phase or neutral fault currents

EP 0069655 B1 · Applicant: MERLIN GERIN

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  • Filed July 1, 1982 and granted November 27, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 1, 2002.
  • 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 January 1, 2008.
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FiledJuly 1, 1982
PublishedJanuary 12, 1983
GrantedNovember 27, 1985
Term endedJuly 1, 2002
Application numberEP 82401230
Classification (CPC)H02H3/331 +1 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedJuly 1, 1982PublishedJan 12, 1983Patent grantedNov 27, 1985Term endedJuly 1, 2002

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