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Data processor

EP 0183231 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed November 26, 1985 and granted February 24, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 26, 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 May 26, 2011.
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FiledNovember 26, 1985
PublishedJune 4, 1986
GrantedFebruary 24, 1993
Term endedNovember 26, 2005
Application numberEP 85115002
Classification (CPC)G06F12/0653

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 26, 1985PublishedJune 4, 1986Patent grantedFeb 24, 1993Term endedNov 26, 2005

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