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Set-associative content addressable memory with a protection facility

EP 0244532 B1 · Applicant: SILICON GRAPHICS, INC.

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  • Filed October 17, 1986 and granted December 29, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 17, 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 April 17, 2012.
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FiledOctober 17, 1986
PublishedNovember 11, 1987
GrantedDecember 29, 1993
Term endedOctober 17, 2006
Application numberEP 86308095
Classification (CPC)G06F11/004 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedOct 17, 1986PublishedNov 11, 1987Patent grantedDec 29, 1993Term endedOct 17, 2006

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