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EP 0553207 B1 · Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 16, 1991 and granted May 28, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 16, 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 16, 2017.
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FiledOctober 16, 1991
PublishedAugust 4, 1993
GrantedMay 28, 1997
Term endedOctober 16, 2011
Application numberEP 91919005
Classification (CPC)H10D84/131 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 16, 1991PublishedAug 4, 1993Patent grantedMay 28, 1997Term endedOct 16, 2011

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