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EP 0691044 B1 · Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company

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  • Filed March 18, 1994 and granted August 12, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 18, 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 September 18, 2019.
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FiledMarch 18, 1994
PublishedJanuary 10, 1996
GrantedAugust 12, 1998
Term endedMarch 18, 2014
Application numberEP 94909260
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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMarch 18, 1994PublishedJan 10, 1996Patent grantedAug 12, 1998Term endedMarch 18, 2014

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