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Equalization of the distribution of voltage at the switch-off of a series circuit of gate-controlled semiconductors

EP 0288422 B1 · Applicant: Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-GmbH

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  • Filed April 18, 1988 and granted June 16, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 18, 2008.
  • 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 October 18, 2013.
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FiledApril 18, 1988
PublishedOctober 26, 1988
GrantedJune 16, 1993
Term endedApril 18, 2008
Application numberEP 88730088
Classification (CPC)H03K17/105

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedApril 18, 1988PublishedOct 26, 1988Patent grantedJune 16, 1993Term endedApril 18, 2008

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