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EP 0553179 B1 · Applicant: ITALTEL SOCIETA ITALIANA TELECOMUNICAZIONI s.p.a.

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  • Filed October 12, 1991 and granted January 11, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 12, 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 April 12, 2017.
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FiledOctober 12, 1991
PublishedAugust 4, 1993
GrantedJanuary 11, 1995
Term endedOctober 12, 2011
Application numberEP 91918258
Classification (CPC)H02M7/537 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 12, 1991PublishedAug 4, 1993Patent grantedJan 11, 1995Term endedOct 12, 2011

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