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EP 0507669 B1 · Applicant: FRANCE TELECOM

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  • Filed March 31, 1992 and granted June 12, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 31, 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 October 1, 2017.
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FiledMarch 31, 1992
PublishedOctober 7, 1992
GrantedJune 12, 1996
Term endedMarch 31, 2012
Application numberEP 92400894
Classification (CPC)G06Q20/29 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedMarch 31, 1992PublishedOct 7, 1992Patent grantedJune 12, 1996Term endedMarch 31, 2012

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