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Single or multiphase circuit breaker with integrated signalisation contact

EP 0172374 B1 · Applicant: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH

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  • Filed July 5, 1985 and granted April 18, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 5, 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 5, 2011.
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FiledJuly 5, 1985
PublishedFebruary 26, 1986
GrantedApril 18, 1990
Term endedJuly 5, 2005
Application numberEP 85108334
Classification (CPC)H01H71/08 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 5, 1985PublishedFeb 26, 1986Patent grantedApril 18, 1990Term endedJuly 5, 2005

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