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Crystal oscillator with broad tuning capability

EP 0404404 B1 · Applicant: AT&T Corp.

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  • Filed June 8, 1990 and granted April 5, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 8, 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 December 8, 2015.
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FiledJune 8, 1990
PublishedDecember 27, 1990
GrantedApril 5, 1995
Term endedJune 8, 2010
Application numberEP 90306265
Classification (CPC)H03B5/368

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJune 8, 1990PublishedDec 27, 1990Patent grantedApril 5, 1995Term endedJune 8, 2010

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