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High voltage bridge interface for AC and brushless DC motor control

EP 0444404 B1 · Applicant: MOTOROLA INC.

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  • Filed January 14, 1991 and granted October 8, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 14, 2011.
  • 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 July 14, 2016.
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FiledJanuary 14, 1991
PublishedSeptember 4, 1991
GrantedOctober 8, 1997
Term endedJanuary 14, 2011
Application numberEP 91100366
Classification (CPC)H03K17/04123 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJan 14, 1991PublishedSep 4, 1991Patent grantedOct 8, 1997Term endedJan 14, 2011

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