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Retractable coiled electrical cable

EP 0489805 B1 · Applicant: W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.

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  • Filed August 27, 1990 and granted December 29, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 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 February 27, 2016.
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FiledAugust 27, 1990
PublishedJune 17, 1992
GrantedDecember 29, 1993
Term endedAugust 27, 2010
Application numberEP 90913089
Classification (CPC)H01B7/065

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedAug 27, 1990PublishedJune 17, 1992Patent grantedDec 29, 1993Term endedAug 27, 2010

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