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EP 0233993 B1 · Applicant: Teradata Corporation

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  • Filed April 1, 1982 and granted August 28, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 1, 2002.
  • 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 1, 2007.
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FiledApril 1, 1982
PublishedSeptember 2, 1987
GrantedAugust 28, 1991
Term endedApril 1, 2002
Application numberEP 86114191
Classification (CPC)G06F15/16 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedApril 1, 1982PublishedSep 2, 1987Patent grantedAug 28, 1991Term endedApril 1, 2002

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