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EP 0134612 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed August 15, 1984 and granted November 9, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 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 February 15, 2010.
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FiledAugust 15, 1984
PublishedMarch 20, 1985
GrantedNovember 9, 1988
Term endedAugust 15, 2004
Application numberEP 84201180
Classification (CPC)G05G9/04796

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedAug 15, 1984PublishedMarch 20, 1985Patent grantedNov 9, 1988Term endedAug 15, 2004

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