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Electric connector for connecting an electronic memory card

EP 0686289 B1 · Applicant: ITT COMPOSANTS ET INSTRUMENTS

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  • Filed December 26, 1994 and granted July 7, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 26, 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 26, 2020.
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FiledDecember 26, 1994
PublishedDecember 13, 1995
GrantedJuly 7, 1999
Term endedDecember 26, 2014
Application numberEP 95905168
Classification (CPC)G06K7/0021 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedDec 26, 1994PublishedDec 13, 1995Patent grantedJuly 7, 1999Term endedDec 26, 2014

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