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Data processing system having units competing for access to shared resources and arbitration unit responsive to the status of the shared resources

EP 0581335 B1 · Applicant: BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS ITALIA S.p.A.

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  • Filed November 4, 1989 and granted August 5, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 4, 2009.
  • 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 May 4, 2015.
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FiledNovember 4, 1989
PublishedFebruary 2, 1994
GrantedAugust 5, 1998
Term endedNovember 4, 2009
Application numberEP 93116232
Classification (CPC)G06F15/161 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 4, 1989PublishedFeb 2, 1994Patent grantedAug 5, 1998Term endedNov 4, 2009

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