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Customization of user interface for application programs

EP 0367709 B1 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed October 10, 1989 and granted May 8, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 10, 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 10, 2015.
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FiledOctober 10, 1989
PublishedMay 9, 1990
GrantedMay 8, 1996
Term endedOctober 10, 2009
Application numberEP 89480162
Classification (CPC)G06F9/453

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedOct 10, 1989PublishedMay 9, 1990Patent grantedMay 8, 1996Term endedOct 10, 2009

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