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A circuit for driving inductive loads

EP 1028527 B1 · Applicant: GATE S.p.A.

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  • Filed February 10, 2000 and granted May 10, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 10, 2020.
  • 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 August 10, 2025.
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FiledFebruary 10, 2000
PublishedAugust 16, 2000
GrantedMay 10, 2006
Term endedFebruary 10, 2020
Application numberEP 00102749
Classification (CPC)H03K17/693 +1 more

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