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Electrical connector with integral shorting assembly

EP 0760172 B1 · Applicant: THE WHITAKER CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 30, 1995 and granted May 17, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 30, 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 September 30, 2020.
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FiledMarch 30, 1995
PublishedMarch 5, 1997
GrantedMay 17, 2000
Term endedMarch 30, 2015
Application numberEP 95914971
Classification (CPC)H01R13/28 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedMarch 30, 1995PublishedMarch 5, 1997Patent grantedMay 17, 2000Term endedMarch 30, 2015

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