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Rule driven transaction management system and method

EP 0482761 B1 · Applicant: DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 24, 1991 and granted August 4, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 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 March 24, 2017.
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FiledSeptember 24, 1991
PublishedApril 29, 1992
GrantedAugust 4, 1999
Term endedSeptember 24, 2011
Application numberEP 91308669
Classification (CPC)G06F9/466

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedSep 24, 1991PublishedApril 29, 1992Patent grantedAug 4, 1999Term endedSep 24, 2011

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