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Waveguide to coaxial adaptor and converter for antenna for satellite broadcasting including such waveguide

EP 0552944 B1 · Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed January 21, 1993 and granted March 19, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 21, 2013.
  • 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 July 21, 2018.
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FiledJanuary 21, 1993
PublishedJuly 28, 1993
GrantedMarch 19, 1997
Term endedJanuary 21, 2013
Application numberEP 93300406
Classification (CPC)H01P1/161

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