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Built-in self-test technique for content-addressable memories

EP 0451985 B1 · Applicant: AT&T Corp.

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  • Filed March 26, 1991 and granted February 7, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 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 26, 2016.
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FiledMarch 26, 1991
PublishedOctober 16, 1991
GrantedFebruary 7, 1996
Term endedMarch 26, 2011
Application numberEP 91302596
Classification (CPC)G11C29/10 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMarch 26, 1991PublishedOct 16, 1991Patent grantedFeb 7, 1996Term endedMarch 26, 2011

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