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Computer with automatic switching of peripheral units, and peripheral unit suited for such a switching

EP 0129487 B1 · Applicant: ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE Service National

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  • Filed June 21, 1984 and granted May 11, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 21, 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 December 21, 2009.
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FiledJune 21, 1984
PublishedDecember 27, 1984
GrantedMay 11, 1988
Term endedJune 21, 2004
Application numberEP 84401298
Classification (CPC)G06F13/14 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJune 21, 1984PublishedDec 27, 1984Patent grantedMay 11, 1988Term endedJune 21, 2004

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