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Method of controlling three-phase, three-level inverter

EP 0451440 B1 · Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed January 14, 1991 and granted November 29, 1995. 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
PublishedOctober 16, 1991
GrantedNovember 29, 1995
Term endedJanuary 14, 2011
Application numberEP 91100378
Classification (CPC)H02M7/487

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJan 14, 1991PublishedOct 16, 1991Patent grantedNov 29, 1995Term endedJan 14, 2011

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