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Circuit breaker for fault and conduction current protection

EP 0231732 B1 · Applicant: Felten & Guilleaume Fabrik elektrischer Apparate Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed November 10, 1986 and granted July 18, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 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 May 10, 2012.
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FiledNovember 10, 1986
PublishedAugust 12, 1987
GrantedJuly 18, 1990
Term endedNovember 10, 2006
Application numberEP 86890307
Classification (CPC)H01H71/04 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 10, 1986PublishedAug 12, 1987Patent grantedJuly 18, 1990Term endedNov 10, 2006

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