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EP 0366142 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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  • Filed October 27, 1989 and granted August 6, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 27, 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 April 27, 2015.
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FiledOctober 27, 1989
PublishedMay 2, 1990
GrantedAugust 6, 1997
Term endedOctober 27, 2009
Application numberEP 89119998
Classification (CPC)G06F40/268 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedOct 27, 1989PublishedMay 2, 1990Patent grantedAug 6, 1997Term endedOct 27, 2009

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