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Clock phase shifting method and apparatus

EP 0711472 B1 · Applicant: NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED

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  • Filed November 23, 1994 and granted May 20, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 23, 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 May 23, 2020.
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FiledNovember 23, 1994
PublishedMay 15, 1996
GrantedMay 20, 1998
Term endedNovember 23, 2014
Application numberEP 95901292
Classification (CPC)H03K5/131 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedNov 23, 1994PublishedMay 15, 1996Patent grantedMay 20, 1998Term endedNov 23, 2014

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