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EP 0579859 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed July 24, 1992 and granted February 28, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 24, 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 January 24, 2018.
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FiledJuly 24, 1992
PublishedJanuary 26, 1994
GrantedFebruary 28, 1996
Term endedJuly 24, 2012
Application numberEP 92112707
Classification (CPC)H05K7/1409 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedJuly 24, 1992PublishedJan 26, 1994Patent grantedFeb 28, 1996Term endedJuly 24, 2012

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