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Variable latency processor to memory interconnect network

EP 0696367 B1 · Applicant: CRAY RESEARCH, INC.

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  • Filed April 12, 1994 and granted February 2, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 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 October 12, 2019.
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FiledApril 12, 1994
PublishedFebruary 14, 1996
GrantedFebruary 2, 2000
Term endedApril 12, 2014
Application numberEP 94914125
Classification (CPC)G06F15/17393

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 12, 1994PublishedFeb 14, 1996Patent grantedFeb 2, 2000Term endedApril 12, 2014

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