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Electromagnetic relay

EP 0579832 B1 · Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 9, 1992 and granted October 6, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 9, 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 October 9, 2017.
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FiledApril 9, 1992
PublishedJanuary 26, 1994
GrantedOctober 6, 1999
Term endedApril 9, 2012
Application numberEP 92908471
Classification (CPC)H01H50/04 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedApril 9, 1992PublishedJan 26, 1994Patent grantedOct 6, 1999Term endedApril 9, 2012

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