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A device and method for distributing resources of a physical network

EP 0776561 B1 · Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON

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  • Filed May 17, 1995 and granted October 19, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 17, 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 November 17, 2020.
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FiledMay 17, 1995
PublishedJune 4, 1997
GrantedOctober 19, 2005
Term endedMay 17, 2015
Application numberEP 95922810
Classification (CPC)H04Q11/0478

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