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Multiprocessor digital data processing system

EP 1016971 A2 · Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

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  • Filed November 24, 1988 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 24, 2008.
  • 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 24, 2014.
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FiledNovember 24, 1988
PublishedJuly 5, 2000
GrantedNever granted
Term endedNovember 24, 2008
Application numberEP 00200994
Classification (CPC)G06F11/004 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedNov 24, 1988PublishedJuly 5, 2000Term endedNov 24, 2008

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