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EP 0501351 B1 · Applicant: ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB

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  • Filed February 22, 1992 and granted September 11, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 22, 2012.
  • 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 August 22, 2017.
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FiledFebruary 22, 1992
PublishedSeptember 2, 1992
GrantedSeptember 11, 1996
Term endedFebruary 22, 2012
Application numberEP 92102993
Classification (CPC)G01L5/0009 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedFeb 22, 1992PublishedSep 2, 1992Patent grantedSep 11, 1996Term endedFeb 22, 2012

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