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EP 0093766 B1 · Applicant: NCR CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 12, 1982 and granted February 5, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 12, 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 May 12, 2008.
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FiledNovember 12, 1982
PublishedNovember 16, 1983
GrantedFebruary 5, 1986
Term endedNovember 12, 2002
Application numberEP 82903634
Classification (CPC)G06V30/142

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedNov 12, 1982PublishedNov 16, 1983Patent grantedFeb 5, 1986Term endedNov 12, 2002

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