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Switch matrix among tributaries of a telecommunication network and managing method thereof

EP 0966177 B1 · Applicant: ALCATEL

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  • Filed June 18, 1999 and granted March 15, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 18, 2019.
  • 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 December 18, 2024.
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FiledJune 18, 1999
PublishedDecember 22, 1999
GrantedMarch 15, 2006
Term endedJune 18, 2019
Application numberEP 99440147
Classification (CPC)H04Q11/06 +1 more

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