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Electrical connecting terminal

EP 0169970 B1 · Applicant: Karl Lumberg GmbH & Co.

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  • Filed March 19, 1985 and granted May 20, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 19, 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 September 19, 2010.
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FiledMarch 19, 1985
PublishedFebruary 5, 1986
GrantedMay 20, 1987
Term endedMarch 19, 2005
Application numberEP 85103183
Classification (CPC)H01R4/363

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMarch 19, 1985PublishedFeb 5, 1986Patent grantedMay 20, 1987Term endedMarch 19, 2005

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