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Irreversible circuit element

EP 0959520 A1 · Applicant: TDK Corporation

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  • Filed November 13, 1998 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 13, 2018.
  • 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 13, 2024.
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FiledNovember 13, 1998
PublishedNovember 24, 1999
GrantedNever granted
Term endedNovember 13, 2018
Application numberEP 98953033
Classification (CPC)H01P1/387

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedNov 13, 1998PublishedNov 24, 1999Term endedNov 13, 2018

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