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Switching power supply

EP 0194075 B1 · Applicant: TEKTRONIX INC.

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  • Filed February 20, 1986 and granted October 2, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 20, 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 August 20, 2011.
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FiledFebruary 20, 1986
PublishedSeptember 10, 1986
GrantedOctober 2, 1991
Term endedFebruary 20, 2006
Application numberEP 86301187
Classification (CPC)H02M1/08 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedFeb 20, 1986PublishedSep 10, 1986Patent grantedOct 2, 1991Term endedFeb 20, 2006

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