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Instruction fetch apparatus in a microprocessor

EP 0480095 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed October 12, 1990 and granted December 23, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 12, 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 April 12, 2016.
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FiledOctober 12, 1990
PublishedApril 15, 1992
GrantedDecember 23, 1998
Term endedOctober 12, 2010
Application numberEP 90119633
Classification (CPC)G06F9/3806

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedOct 12, 1990PublishedApril 15, 1992Patent grantedDec 23, 1998Term endedOct 12, 2010

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