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Pipeline control system

EP 0163740 B1 · Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED

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  • Filed November 8, 1984 and granted May 10, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 8, 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 8, 2010.
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FiledNovember 8, 1984
PublishedDecember 11, 1985
GrantedMay 10, 1989
Term endedNovember 8, 2004
Application numberEP 84904162
Classification (CPC)G06F9/321 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedNov 8, 1984PublishedDec 11, 1985Patent grantedMay 10, 1989Term endedNov 8, 2004

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