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Rectifier circuit

EP 0175853 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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  • Filed June 25, 1985 and granted March 21, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 25, 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 December 25, 2010.
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FiledJune 25, 1985
PublishedApril 2, 1986
GrantedMarch 21, 1990
Term endedJune 25, 2005
Application numberEP 85107838
Classification (CPC)H02M7/2173

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJune 25, 1985PublishedApril 2, 1986Patent grantedMarch 21, 1990Term endedJune 25, 2005

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