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EP 0169282 B1 · Applicant: Koyo Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Koyo Electronics Industries Co. Ltd.)

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  • Filed July 26, 1984 and granted March 27, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 26, 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 January 26, 2010.
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FiledJuly 26, 1984
PublishedJanuary 29, 1986
GrantedMarch 27, 1991
Term endedJuly 26, 2004
Application numberEP 84305104
Classification (CPC)G05B19/42 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJuly 26, 1984PublishedJan 29, 1986Patent grantedMarch 27, 1991Term endedJuly 26, 2004

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