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Computer-aided software engineering facility

EP 0502975 B1 · Applicant: SEER TECHNOLOGIES, iNC.

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  • Filed November 30, 1990 and granted July 16, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 30, 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 May 30, 2016.
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FiledNovember 30, 1990
PublishedSeptember 16, 1992
GrantedJuly 16, 1997
Term endedNovember 30, 2010
Application numberEP 91901023
Classification (CPC)G06F8/20

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedNov 30, 1990PublishedSep 16, 1992Patent grantedJuly 16, 1997Term endedNov 30, 2010

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