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A switching circuit

EP 0146809 B1 · Applicant: OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO.

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  • Filed November 28, 1984 and granted April 4, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 28, 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 May 28, 2010.
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FiledNovember 28, 1984
PublishedJuly 3, 1985
GrantedApril 4, 1990
Term endedNovember 28, 2004
Application numberEP 84114389
Classification (CPC)H01H9/542

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedNov 28, 1984PublishedJuly 3, 1985Patent grantedApril 4, 1990Term endedNov 28, 2004

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