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Multi-section power capacitor with all-film dielectric

EP 0072458 B1 · Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

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  • Filed July 24, 1982 and granted July 27, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 24, 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 24, 2008.
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FiledJuly 24, 1982
PublishedFebruary 23, 1983
GrantedJuly 27, 1988
Term endedJuly 24, 2002
Application numberEP 82106727
Classification (CPC)H01G4/32 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedJuly 24, 1982PublishedFeb 23, 1983Patent grantedJuly 27, 1988Term endedJuly 24, 2002

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