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EP 0454908 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.

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  • Filed December 18, 1990 and granted October 18, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 18, 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 June 18, 2016.
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FiledDecember 18, 1990
PublishedNovember 6, 1991
GrantedOctober 18, 1995
Term endedDecember 18, 2010
Application numberEP 90203419
Classification (CPC)H01H13/60 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedDec 18, 1990PublishedNov 6, 1991Patent grantedOct 18, 1995Term endedDec 18, 2010

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