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Cord-operated device for emergency turn-off

EP 0581660 B1 · Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA

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  • Filed July 23, 1993 and granted May 8, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 23, 2013.
  • 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 23, 2019.
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FiledJuly 23, 1993
PublishedFebruary 2, 1994
GrantedMay 8, 1996
Term endedJuly 23, 2013
Application numberEP 93401929
Classification (CPC)F16P3/10 +1 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedJuly 23, 1993PublishedFeb 2, 1994Patent grantedMay 8, 1996Term endedJuly 23, 2013

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