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Rapid start fluorescent lamp with a bimetal electrode disconnect switch

EP 0125686 B1 · Applicant: GTE Products Corporation

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  • Filed May 15, 1984 and granted January 23, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 15, 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 November 15, 2009.
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FiledMay 15, 1984
PublishedNovember 21, 1984
GrantedJanuary 23, 1991
Term endedMay 15, 2004
Application numberEP 84105489
Classification (CPC)H01J61/541

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMay 15, 1984PublishedNov 21, 1984Patent grantedJan 23, 1991Term endedMay 15, 2004

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