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Natural convection cooling device for electronic or electrical and electronic components, and apparatus using it

EP 0100261 B1 · Applicant: BULL S.A.

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  • Filed July 7, 1983 and granted June 1, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 7, 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 January 7, 2009.
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FiledJuly 7, 1983
PublishedFebruary 8, 1984
GrantedJune 1, 1988
Term endedJuly 7, 2003
Application numberEP 83401407
Classification (CPC)H10W40/43

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJuly 7, 1983PublishedFeb 8, 1984Patent grantedJune 1, 1988Term endedJuly 7, 2003

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