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Cache hierarchy design for use in a memory management unit

EP 0170525 B1 · Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

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  • Filed July 31, 1985 and granted October 1, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 31, 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 January 31, 2011.
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FiledJuly 31, 1985
PublishedFebruary 5, 1986
GrantedOctober 1, 1997
Term endedJuly 31, 2005
Application numberEP 85305453
Classification (CPC)G06F12/0864 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 31, 1985PublishedFeb 5, 1986Patent grantedOct 1, 1997Term endedJuly 31, 2005

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