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Instruction flow computer

EP 0199757 B1 · Applicant: Hughes Aircraft Company

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  • Filed September 26, 1985 and granted February 28, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 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 March 26, 2011.
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FiledSeptember 26, 1985
PublishedNovember 5, 1986
GrantedFebruary 28, 1990
Term endedSeptember 26, 2005
Application numberEP 85905142
Classification (CPC)G06F15/8007

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedSep 26, 1985PublishedNov 5, 1986Patent grantedFeb 28, 1990Term endedSep 26, 2005

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