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Cam actuated electrical connector

EP 0479898 B1 · Applicant: MIDDLEBURG CORPORATION

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  • Filed June 27, 1990 and granted May 8, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 27, 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 December 27, 2015.
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FiledJune 27, 1990
PublishedApril 15, 1992
GrantedMay 8, 1996
Term endedJune 27, 2010
Application numberEP 90911130
Classification (CPC)H01R13/193 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJune 27, 1990PublishedApril 15, 1992Patent grantedMay 8, 1996Term endedJune 27, 2010

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