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Process and arrangement for operating a bus system

EP 0700541 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed May 26, 1994 and granted February 14, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 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 November 26, 2019.
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FiledMay 26, 1994
PublishedMarch 13, 1996
GrantedFebruary 14, 2001
Term endedMay 26, 2014
Application numberEP 94917669
Classification (CPC)G06F13/364

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMay 26, 1994PublishedMarch 13, 1996Patent grantedFeb 14, 2001Term endedMay 26, 2014

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