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Method and apparatus for interfacing a system control unit for a multi-processor

EP 0380856 A2 · Applicant: DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 15, 1989 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 15, 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 March 15, 2015.
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FiledSeptember 15, 1989
PublishedAugust 8, 1990
GrantedNever granted
Term endedSeptember 15, 2009
Application numberEP 89309386
Classification (CPC)G06F13/122

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