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Serial interconnecting bus for a data processing system, and method for information exchange

EP 0159941 B1 · Applicant: TELEMECANIQUE

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  • Filed April 9, 1985 and granted May 8, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 9, 2005.
  • 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 9, 2010.
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FiledApril 9, 1985
PublishedOctober 30, 1985
GrantedMay 8, 1991
Term endedApril 9, 2005
Application numberEP 85400708
Classification (CPC)G06F13/4291

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedApril 9, 1985PublishedOct 30, 1985Patent grantedMay 8, 1991Term endedApril 9, 2005

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