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EP 0388477 B1 · Applicant: SQUARE D COMPANY

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  • Filed October 16, 1981 and granted May 8, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 16, 2001.
  • 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 16, 2007.
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FiledOctober 16, 1981
PublishedSeptember 26, 1990
GrantedMay 8, 1996
Term endedOctober 16, 2001
Application numberEP 86103508
Classification (CPC)H03K17/951 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedOct 16, 1981PublishedSep 26, 1990Patent grantedMay 8, 1996Term endedOct 16, 2001

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