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Solid-state high voltage crowbar circuit

EP 1018201 B1 · Applicant: Eldec Corporation

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  • Filed September 23, 1996 and granted March 12, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 23, 2016.
  • 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 March 23, 2022.
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FiledSeptember 23, 1996
PublishedJuly 12, 2000
GrantedMarch 12, 2003
Term endedSeptember 23, 2016
Application numberEP 96932313
Classification (CPC)H02H9/041

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedSep 23, 1996PublishedJuly 12, 2000Patent grantedMarch 12, 2003Term endedSep 23, 2016

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