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EP 0576701 B1 · Applicant: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH

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  • Filed June 29, 1992 and granted January 3, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 29, 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 December 29, 2017.
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FiledJune 29, 1992
PublishedJanuary 5, 1994
GrantedJanuary 3, 1996
Term endedJune 29, 2012
Application numberEP 92111014
Classification (CPC)H04R25/502 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedJune 29, 1992PublishedJan 5, 1994Patent grantedJan 3, 1996Term endedJune 29, 2012

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