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Circuit for driving a floating circuit in response to a digital signal

EP 0468210 B1 · Applicant: SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS s.r.l.

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  • Filed June 24, 1991 and granted August 18, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 24, 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 December 24, 2016.
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FiledJune 24, 1991
PublishedJanuary 29, 1992
GrantedAugust 18, 1999
Term endedJune 24, 2011
Application numberEP 91110383
Classification (CPC)H03K3/356034 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJune 24, 1991PublishedJan 29, 1992Patent grantedAug 18, 1999Term endedJune 24, 2011

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