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Lan communication system and medium adapter for use therewith

EP 0307461 B1 · Applicant: THE WHITAKER CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 21, 1988 and granted July 14, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 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 September 21, 2013.
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FiledMarch 21, 1988
PublishedMarch 22, 1989
GrantedJuly 14, 1993
Term endedMarch 21, 2008
Application numberEP 88903570
Classification (CPC)H04L12/42

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMarch 21, 1988PublishedMarch 22, 1989Patent grantedJuly 14, 1993Term endedMarch 21, 2008

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