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EP 0529154 B1 · Applicant: ALCATEL N.V.

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  • Filed August 28, 1991 and granted March 26, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 28, 2011.
  • 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 February 28, 2017.
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FiledAugust 28, 1991
PublishedMarch 3, 1993
GrantedMarch 26, 1997
Term endedAugust 28, 2011
Application numberEP 91202188
Classification (CPC)H04L12/5602

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 28, 1991PublishedMarch 3, 1993Patent grantedMarch 26, 1997Term endedAug 28, 2011

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