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Connector with mechanism for coupling and uncoupling plurality of blocks

EP 0119013 B1 · Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 13, 1984 and granted May 17, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 13, 2004.
  • 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 August 13, 2009.
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FiledFebruary 13, 1984
PublishedSeptember 19, 1984
GrantedMay 17, 1989
Term endedFebruary 13, 2004
Application numberEP 84300899
Classification (CPC)G02B6/389 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedFeb 13, 1984PublishedSep 19, 1984Patent grantedMay 17, 1989Term endedFeb 13, 2004

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