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Data processing system

EP 0149858 B1 · Applicant: DATA GENERAL CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 27, 1981 and granted March 6, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 27, 2001.
  • 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 October 27, 2006.
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FiledApril 27, 1981
PublishedJuly 31, 1985
GrantedMarch 6, 1991
Term endedApril 27, 2001
Application numberEP 84201484
Classification (CPC)G06F11/00 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedApril 27, 1981PublishedJuly 31, 1985Patent grantedMarch 6, 1991Term endedApril 27, 2001

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