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A novel superconducting circuit and a process for fabricating the same

EP 0484248 B1 · Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

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  • Filed October 31, 1991 and granted January 8, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 31, 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 May 1, 2017.
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FiledOctober 31, 1991
PublishedMay 6, 1992
GrantedJanuary 8, 1997
Term endedOctober 31, 2011
Application numberEP 91402931
Classification (CPC)H10W20/064 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 31, 1991PublishedMay 6, 1992Patent grantedJan 8, 1997Term endedOct 31, 2011

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