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Method of re-routing the path between a node of a transoceanic MS-spring and a node of a further ring in case of simple or multiple failure, and transoceanic ring for implementing the method

EP 1014602 A2 · Applicant: ALCATEL

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  • Filed April 23, 1999 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 23, 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 October 23, 2024.
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FiledApril 23, 1999
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedNever granted
Term endedApril 23, 2019
Application numberEP 99440091
Classification (CPC)H04J14/0283 +2 more

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