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Making electrical contact between metals and resistive elements

EP 0307007 B1 · Applicant: RAYCHEM CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 12, 1985 and granted January 13, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 12, 2005.
  • 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 March 12, 2011.
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FiledSeptember 12, 1985
PublishedMarch 15, 1989
GrantedJanuary 13, 1993
Term endedSeptember 12, 2005
Application numberEP 88115948
Classification (CPC)H05B3/34 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedSep 12, 1985PublishedMarch 15, 1989Patent grantedJan 13, 1993Term endedSep 12, 2005

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