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Battery charging apparatus and battery powered apparatus with strain gauge

EP 0767985 B1 · Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed April 10, 1996 and granted November 3, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 10, 2016.
  • 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 10, 2021.
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FiledApril 10, 1996
PublishedApril 16, 1997
GrantedNovember 3, 1999
Term endedApril 10, 2016
Application numberEP 96907619
Classification (CPC)H01M10/46 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedApril 10, 1996PublishedApril 16, 1997Patent grantedNov 3, 1999Term endedApril 10, 2016

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