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Insulation displacement contact

EP 0240552 B1 · Applicant: Panduit Corp.

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  • Filed September 30, 1986 and granted May 27, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 30, 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 March 30, 2012.
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FiledSeptember 30, 1986
PublishedOctober 14, 1987
GrantedMay 27, 1992
Term endedSeptember 30, 2006
Application numberEP 86906189
Classification (CPC)H01R4/2466

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedSep 30, 1986PublishedOct 14, 1987Patent grantedMay 27, 1992Term endedSep 30, 2006

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