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Programmable logic storage element for programmable logic devices

EP 0198677 B1 · Applicant: ALTERA CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 10, 1986 and granted July 24, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 10, 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 October 10, 2011.
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FiledApril 10, 1986
PublishedOctober 22, 1986
GrantedJuly 24, 1991
Term endedApril 10, 2006
Application numberEP 86302681
Classification (CPC)H03K3/037 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedApril 10, 1986PublishedOct 22, 1986Patent grantedJuly 24, 1991Term endedApril 10, 2006

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