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X.500 system and methods

EP 0777883 B1 · Applicant: Computer Associates Think, Inc.

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  • Filed August 30, 1995 and granted May 2, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 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 March 2, 2021.
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FiledAugust 30, 1995
PublishedJune 11, 1997
GrantedMay 2, 2003
Term endedAugust 30, 2015
Application numberEP 95930331
Classification (CPC)G06F16/289 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedAug 30, 1995PublishedJune 11, 1997Patent grantedMay 2, 2003Term endedAug 30, 2015

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