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EP 0375909 B1 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed November 16, 1989 and granted August 30, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 16, 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 16, 2015.
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FiledNovember 16, 1989
PublishedJuly 4, 1990
GrantedAugust 30, 1995
Term endedNovember 16, 2009
Application numberEP 89121192
Classification (CPC)G06F13/126

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 16, 1989PublishedJuly 4, 1990Patent grantedAug 30, 1995Term endedNov 16, 2009

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