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Modulator circuit

EP 0451372 B1 · Applicant: BELL TELEPHONE MANUFACTURING COMPANY Naamloze Vennootschap

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  • Filed April 13, 1990 and granted August 17, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 13, 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 13, 2015.
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FiledApril 13, 1990
PublishedOctober 16, 1991
GrantedAugust 17, 1994
Term endedApril 13, 2010
Application numberEP 90200923
Classification (CPC)H03C1/545

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedApril 13, 1990PublishedOct 16, 1991Patent grantedAug 17, 1994Term endedApril 13, 2010

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