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Data memory system

EP 0347040 B1 · Applicant: INTERNATIONAL COMPUTERS LIMITED

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  • Filed May 12, 1989 and granted July 22, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 12, 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 November 12, 2014.
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FiledMay 12, 1989
PublishedDecember 20, 1989
GrantedJuly 22, 1992
Term endedMay 12, 2009
Application numberEP 89304836
Classification (CPC)G06F12/0842 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMay 12, 1989PublishedDec 20, 1989Patent grantedJuly 22, 1992Term endedMay 12, 2009

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