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EP 0393570 B1 · Applicant: ALCATEL BUSINESS SYSTEMS

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  • Filed April 17, 1990 and granted December 14, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 17, 2010.
  • 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 October 17, 2015.
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FiledApril 17, 1990
PublishedOctober 24, 1990
GrantedDecember 14, 1994
Term endedApril 17, 2010
Application numberEP 90107233
Classification (CPC)H04M11/085

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedApril 17, 1990PublishedOct 24, 1990Patent grantedDec 14, 1994Term endedApril 17, 2010

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