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Electrical apparatus for continuous load regulation

EP 0516008 B1 · Applicant: ABB PATENT GmbH

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  • Filed May 23, 1992 and granted August 19, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 23, 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 November 23, 2017.
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FiledMay 23, 1992
PublishedDecember 2, 1992
GrantedAugust 19, 1998
Term endedMay 23, 2012
Application numberEP 92108729
Classification (CPC)H05B39/083 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedMay 23, 1992PublishedDec 2, 1992Patent grantedAug 19, 1998Term endedMay 23, 2012

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