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Memory tester with data compression

EP 1016089 B1 · Applicant: TERADYNE, INC.

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  • Filed November 18, 1997 and granted April 17, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 18, 2017.
  • 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 18, 2023.
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FiledNovember 18, 1997
PublishedJuly 5, 2000
GrantedApril 17, 2002
Term endedNovember 18, 2017
Application numberEP 97949467
Classification (CPC)G01R31/31935 +2 more

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