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Miniature insulation displacement electrical contact

EP 0372767 B1 · Applicant: THE WHITAKER CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 24, 1989 and granted October 12, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 24, 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 May 24, 2015.
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FiledNovember 24, 1989
PublishedJune 13, 1990
GrantedOctober 12, 1994
Term endedNovember 24, 2009
Application numberEP 89312234
Classification (CPC)H01R4/2466

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 24, 1989PublishedJune 13, 1990Patent grantedOct 12, 1994Term endedNov 24, 2009

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