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Selective grounding device for electronic equipment

EP 0332909 B1 · Applicant: BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS ITALIA S.p.A.

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  • Filed February 25, 1989 and granted January 5, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 25, 2009.
  • 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 August 25, 2014.
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FiledFebruary 25, 1989
PublishedSeptember 20, 1989
GrantedJanuary 5, 1994
Term endedFebruary 25, 2009
Application numberEP 89103356
Classification (CPC)H05K9/0039

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedFeb 25, 1989PublishedSep 20, 1989Patent grantedJan 5, 1994Term endedFeb 25, 2009

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