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Homopolar transformer for differential switches or circuit breakers, and mounting method

EP 0456583 B1 · Applicant: MERLIN GERIN

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  • Filed April 19, 1991 and granted June 22, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 19, 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 October 19, 2016.
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FiledApril 19, 1991
PublishedNovember 13, 1991
GrantedJune 22, 1994
Term endedApril 19, 2011
Application numberEP 91420129
Classification (CPC)H01H83/144 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedApril 19, 1991PublishedNov 13, 1991Patent grantedJune 22, 1994Term endedApril 19, 2011

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