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Two-state, bilateral, single-pole, double-throw, half-bridge power-switching apparatus and power supply means for such electronic power switching apparatus

EP 0360854 B1 · Applicant: Hughes Aircraft Company

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  • Filed February 17, 1989 and granted October 14, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 17, 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 17, 2014.
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FiledFebruary 17, 1989
PublishedApril 4, 1990
GrantedOctober 14, 1992
Term endedFebruary 17, 2009
Application numberEP 89903344
Classification (CPC)H02P8/12 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedFeb 17, 1989PublishedApril 4, 1990Patent grantedOct 14, 1992Term endedFeb 17, 2009

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