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Insulation-piercing connector

EP 0449743 B1 · Applicant: DAIICHI DENSHI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed March 29, 1991 and granted December 29, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 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 September 29, 2016.
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FiledMarch 29, 1991
PublishedOctober 2, 1991
GrantedDecember 29, 1993
Term endedMarch 29, 2011
Application numberEP 91400878
Classification (CPC)H01R4/2433

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMarch 29, 1991PublishedOct 2, 1991Patent grantedDec 29, 1993Term endedMarch 29, 2011

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