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Numeric or alphanumeric data input device for an apparatus

EP 0346520 B1 · Applicant: Fresenius AG

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  • Filed June 17, 1988 and granted August 19, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 17, 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 December 17, 2013.
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FiledJune 17, 1988
PublishedDecember 20, 1989
GrantedAugust 19, 1992
Term endedJune 17, 2008
Application numberEP 88109708
Classification (CPC)G06F3/0362 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJune 17, 1988PublishedDec 20, 1989Patent grantedAug 19, 1992Term endedJune 17, 2008

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