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Device for testing and sorting electronic components

EP 0246672 B1 · Applicant: Ueberreiter, Ekkehard

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  • Filed October 31, 1984 and granted March 21, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 31, 2004.
  • 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 May 1, 2010.
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FiledOctober 31, 1984
PublishedNovember 25, 1987
GrantedMarch 21, 1990
Term endedOctober 31, 2004
Application numberEP 87110137
Classification (CPC)B07C5/36 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 31, 1984PublishedNov 25, 1987Patent grantedMarch 21, 1990Term endedOct 31, 2004

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