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A monitoring device for overhead power transmission system

EP 0247544 B1 · Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED

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  • Filed May 22, 1987 and granted September 11, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 22, 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 November 22, 2012.
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FiledMay 22, 1987
PublishedDecember 2, 1987
GrantedSeptember 11, 1991
Term endedMay 22, 2007
Application numberEP 87107511
Classification (CPC)G01R15/18 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMay 22, 1987PublishedDec 2, 1987Patent grantedSep 11, 1991Term endedMay 22, 2007

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