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Disk array controller for data storage system

EP 0508604 B1 · Applicant: NCR International, Inc.

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  • Filed March 11, 1992 and granted November 17, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 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 September 11, 2017.
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FiledMarch 11, 1992
PublishedOctober 14, 1992
GrantedNovember 17, 1999
Term endedMarch 11, 2012
Application numberEP 92302098
Classification (CPC)G06F3/0601 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedMarch 11, 1992PublishedOct 14, 1992Patent grantedNov 17, 1999Term endedMarch 11, 2012

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