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Control circuit used for a power conversion apparatus

EP 0243840 B1 · Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed April 18, 1987 and granted December 2, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 18, 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 October 18, 2012.
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FiledApril 18, 1987
PublishedNovember 4, 1987
GrantedDecember 2, 1992
Term endedApril 18, 2007
Application numberEP 87105791
Classification (CPC)H02M7/53873

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 18, 1987PublishedNov 4, 1987Patent grantedDec 2, 1992Term endedApril 18, 2007

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