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Method for the preparation and filling-in of forms by means of a text processor

EP 0251098 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed June 22, 1987 and granted August 29, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 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 December 22, 2012.
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FiledJune 22, 1987
PublishedJanuary 7, 1988
GrantedAugust 29, 1990
Term endedJune 22, 2007
Application numberEP 87108893
Classification (CPC)G06F40/174

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJune 22, 1987PublishedJan 7, 1988Patent grantedAug 29, 1990Term endedJune 22, 2007

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