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High-frequency power divider and combiner

EP 0540286 B1 · Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 27, 1992 and granted September 11, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 27, 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 April 27, 2018.
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FiledOctober 27, 1992
PublishedMay 5, 1993
GrantedSeptember 11, 1996
Term endedOctober 27, 2012
Application numberEP 92309816
Classification (CPC)H01P5/12 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedOct 27, 1992PublishedMay 5, 1993Patent grantedSep 11, 1996Term endedOct 27, 2012

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