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EP 0366233 B1 · Applicant: Williams Electronics Games, Inc.

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  • Filed August 18, 1989 and granted July 22, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 18, 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 February 18, 2015.
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FiledAugust 18, 1989
PublishedMay 2, 1990
GrantedJuly 22, 1992
Term endedAugust 18, 2009
Application numberEP 89308474
Classification (CPC)A63F7/027

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedAug 18, 1989PublishedMay 2, 1990Patent grantedJuly 22, 1992Term endedAug 18, 2009

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