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EP 0199908 B1 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed February 11, 1986 and granted December 11, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 11, 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 11, 2011.
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FiledFebruary 11, 1986
PublishedDecember 10, 1986
GrantedDecember 11, 1991
Term endedFebruary 11, 2006
Application numberEP 86101711
Classification (CPC)G06F40/10

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedFeb 11, 1986PublishedDec 10, 1986Patent grantedDec 11, 1991Term endedFeb 11, 2006

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