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Bus locking mechanism in a computer system

EP 0709784 A2 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed September 20, 1995 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 20, 2015.
  • 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 March 20, 2021.
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FiledSeptember 20, 1995
PublishedMay 1, 1996
GrantedNever granted
Term endedSeptember 20, 2015
Application numberEP 95306633
Classification (CPC)G06F13/36

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedSep 20, 1995PublishedMay 1, 1996Term endedSep 20, 2015

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