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Digital switching network for telecommunications exchange

EP 0093523 B1 · Applicant: THE PLESSEY COMPANY plc

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  • Filed April 14, 1983 and granted August 6, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 14, 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 October 14, 2008.
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FiledApril 14, 1983
PublishedNovember 9, 1983
GrantedAugust 6, 1986
Term endedApril 14, 2003
Application numberEP 83302093
Classification (CPC)H04Q11/04

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedApril 14, 1983PublishedNov 9, 1983Patent grantedAug 6, 1986Term endedApril 14, 2003

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