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A conductive shell for clamping onto a shielded electrical connector

EP 0473049 B1 · Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED

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  • Filed August 21, 1991 and granted August 9, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 21, 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 February 21, 2017.
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FiledAugust 21, 1991
PublishedMarch 4, 1992
GrantedAugust 9, 1995
Term endedAugust 21, 2011
Application numberEP 91113966
Classification (CPC)H01R13/648

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 21, 1991PublishedMarch 4, 1992Patent grantedAug 9, 1995Term endedAug 21, 2011

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