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An electro-acoustic transducer

EP 0625299 B1 · Applicant: KNOWLES ELECTRONICS CO.

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  • Filed November 30, 1993 and granted May 31, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 30, 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 May 30, 2019.
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FiledNovember 30, 1993
PublishedNovember 23, 1994
GrantedMay 31, 2000
Term endedNovember 30, 2013
Application numberEP 94900942
Classification (CPC)H04M1/03

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedNov 30, 1993PublishedNov 23, 1994Patent grantedMay 31, 2000Term endedNov 30, 2013

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