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Circuit for measuring characteristics of a device under test

EP 0192981 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company

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  • Filed January 29, 1986 and granted December 27, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 29, 2006.
  • 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 July 29, 2011.
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FiledJanuary 29, 1986
PublishedSeptember 3, 1986
GrantedDecember 27, 1989
Term endedJanuary 29, 2006
Application numberEP 86101126
Classification (CPC)G01R31/2834

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJan 29, 1986PublishedSep 3, 1986Patent grantedDec 27, 1989Term endedJan 29, 2006

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