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A non-linear resistor having a polymeric membrane

EP 0340887 B1 · Applicant: JAPAN as Represented by DIRECTOR GENERAL OF AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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  • Filed February 21, 1989 and granted September 20, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 21, 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 21, 2014.
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FiledFebruary 21, 1989
PublishedNovember 8, 1989
GrantedSeptember 20, 1995
Term endedFebruary 21, 2009
Application numberEP 89301656
Classification (CPC)H01C7/10 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedFeb 21, 1989PublishedNov 8, 1989Patent grantedSep 20, 1995Term endedFeb 21, 2009

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