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EP 0089159 B1 · Applicant: BURROUGHS CORPORATION (a Delaware corporation)

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  • Filed March 4, 1983 and granted January 29, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 4, 2003.
  • 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 September 4, 2008.
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FiledMarch 4, 1983
PublishedSeptember 21, 1983
GrantedJanuary 29, 1986
Term endedMarch 4, 2003
Application numberEP 83301185
Classification (CPC)H04L12/433

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMarch 4, 1983PublishedSep 21, 1983Patent grantedJan 29, 1986Term endedMarch 4, 2003

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