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Electric tumbler switch

EP 0268692 B1 · Applicant: DEERE & COMPANY

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  • Filed November 20, 1986 and granted September 13, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 20, 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 May 20, 2012.
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FiledNovember 20, 1986
PublishedJune 1, 1988
GrantedSeptember 13, 1989
Term endedNovember 20, 2006
Application numberEP 86116061
Classification (CPC)H01H23/003

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 20, 1986PublishedJune 1, 1988Patent grantedSep 13, 1989Term endedNov 20, 2006

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