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System and method for testing digital electronic circuits

EP 0344271 B1 · Applicant: AMPEX SYSTEMS CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 24, 1988 and granted April 19, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 24, 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 April 24, 2014.
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FiledOctober 24, 1988
PublishedDecember 6, 1989
GrantedApril 19, 1995
Term endedOctober 24, 2008
Application numberEP 89900437
Classification (CPC)G06F11/277

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 24, 1988PublishedDec 6, 1989Patent grantedApril 19, 1995Term endedOct 24, 2008

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