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Test means for printed circuits and/or flat assemblies

EP 0772048 B1 · Applicant: ALCATEL

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  • Filed October 31, 1995 and granted December 22, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 31, 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 May 1, 2021.
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FiledOctober 31, 1995
PublishedMay 7, 1997
GrantedDecember 22, 1999
Term endedOctober 31, 2015
Application numberEP 95117123
Classification (CPC)G01R1/07328

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedOct 31, 1995PublishedMay 7, 1997Patent grantedDec 22, 1999Term endedOct 31, 2015

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