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Signal synthesizer

EP 0172425 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company

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  • Filed July 22, 1985 and granted September 12, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 22, 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 22, 2011.
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FiledJuly 22, 1985
PublishedFebruary 26, 1986
GrantedSeptember 12, 1990
Term endedJuly 22, 2005
Application numberEP 85109137
Classification (CPC)H03B21/02

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 22, 1985PublishedFeb 26, 1986Patent grantedSep 12, 1990Term endedJuly 22, 2005

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