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Electric circuit for use in an A/D converter

EP 0302553 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed July 21, 1988 and granted October 27, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 21, 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 January 21, 2014.
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FiledJuly 21, 1988
PublishedFebruary 8, 1989
GrantedOctober 27, 1993
Term endedJuly 21, 2008
Application numberEP 88201586
Classification (CPC)G06G7/30 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJuly 21, 1988PublishedFeb 8, 1989Patent grantedOct 27, 1993Term endedJuly 21, 2008

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