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Operating adaptor for command or signaling devices, in particular emergency stop switch

EP 0172926 B1 · Applicant: Square D Starkstrom GmbH

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  • Filed August 23, 1984 and granted July 13, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 23, 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 February 23, 2010.
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FiledAugust 23, 1984
PublishedMarch 5, 1986
GrantedJuly 13, 1988
Term endedAugust 23, 2004
Application numberEP 84110053
Classification (CPC)H01H3/022

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedAug 23, 1984PublishedMarch 5, 1986Patent grantedJuly 13, 1988Term endedAug 23, 2004

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