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Sealed cabinet for electrical apparatus

EP 0402276 B1 · Applicant: MERLIN GERIN

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  • Filed May 18, 1990 and granted March 17, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 18, 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 November 18, 2015.
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FiledMay 18, 1990
PublishedDecember 12, 1990
GrantedMarch 17, 1993
Term endedMay 18, 2010
Application numberEP 90420242
Classification (CPC)H05K7/183 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 18, 1990PublishedDec 12, 1990Patent grantedMarch 17, 1993Term endedMay 18, 2010

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