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EP 0459174 B1 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed May 3, 1991 and granted November 20, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 3, 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 November 3, 2016.
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FiledMay 3, 1991
PublishedDecember 4, 1991
GrantedNovember 20, 1996
Term endedMay 3, 2011
Application numberEP 91107166
Classification (CPC)G06F3/04855

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 3, 1991PublishedDec 4, 1991Patent grantedNov 20, 1996Term endedMay 3, 2011

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