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Method of controlling the starting, stopping and speed of an AC induction motor

EP 1037372 B1 · Applicant: EATON CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 10, 2000 and granted May 24, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 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 September 10, 2025.
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FiledMarch 10, 2000
PublishedSeptember 20, 2000
GrantedMay 24, 2006
Term endedMarch 10, 2020
Application numberEP 00301964
Classification (CPC)H02P27/02 +2 more

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