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EP 0090722 B1 · Applicant: THOMSON-CSF

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  • Filed March 22, 1983 and granted November 27, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 22, 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 22, 2008.
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FiledMarch 22, 1983
PublishedOctober 5, 1983
GrantedNovember 27, 1985
Term endedMarch 22, 2003
Application numberEP 83400591
Classification (CPC)H10D8/00 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMarch 22, 1983PublishedOct 5, 1983Patent grantedNov 27, 1985Term endedMarch 22, 2003

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