Expired European patentEurope
Microwave directional filter with quasi-elliptic response
EP 0249612 B1 · Applicant: Hughes Aircraft Company
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- Filed November 17, 1986 and granted October 16, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 17, 2006.
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FiledNovember 17, 1986
PublishedDecember 23, 1987
GrantedOctober 16, 1991
Term endedNovember 17, 2006
Application numberEP 86907180
Classification (CPC)H01P1/2082
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