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EP 0133809 B1 · Applicant: DELTA ACCESSORIES & DOMESTIC SWITCHGEAR LIMITED

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  • Filed August 7, 1984 and granted September 30, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 7, 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 February 7, 2010.
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FiledAugust 7, 1984
PublishedMarch 6, 1985
GrantedSeptember 30, 1987
Term endedAugust 7, 2004
Application numberEP 84305366
Classification (CPC)H01H71/62

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedAug 7, 1984PublishedMarch 6, 1985Patent grantedSep 30, 1987Term endedAug 7, 2004

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