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In-line scan control apparatus for data processor testing

EP 0240199 B1 · Applicant: TANDEM COMPUTERS INCORPORATED

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  • Filed March 17, 1987 and granted July 20, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 17, 2007.
  • 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 September 17, 2012.
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FiledMarch 17, 1987
PublishedOctober 7, 1987
GrantedJuly 20, 1994
Term endedMarch 17, 2007
Application numberEP 87302251
Classification (CPC)G01R31/318385 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMarch 17, 1987PublishedOct 7, 1987Patent grantedJuly 20, 1994Term endedMarch 17, 2007

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