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Synchronizing asynchronous protocol interactions between peer layers in different nodes of a layered communication network

EP 0504087 A2 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed February 11, 1992 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 11, 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 11, 2017.
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FiledFebruary 11, 1992
PublishedSeptember 16, 1992
GrantedNever granted
Term endedFebruary 11, 2012
Application numberEP 92480024
Classification (CPC)H04L9/40

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