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Electronic variable-speed drive

EP 0660652 B1 · Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA

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  • Filed December 12, 1994 and granted February 4, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 12, 2014.
  • 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 June 12, 2020.
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FiledDecember 12, 1994
PublishedJune 28, 1995
GrantedFebruary 4, 1998
Term endedDecember 12, 2014
Application numberEP 94402857
Classification (CPC)H05K7/14327

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedDec 12, 1994PublishedJune 28, 1995Patent grantedFeb 4, 1998Term endedDec 12, 2014

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