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System and method for packet level restoration of IP traffic using overhead signaling in a fiber optic ring network

EP 1083706 B1 · Applicant: Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P.

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  • Filed September 8, 2000 and granted July 27, 2011. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 8, 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 March 8, 2026.
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FiledSeptember 8, 2000
PublishedMarch 14, 2001
GrantedJuly 27, 2011
Term endedSeptember 8, 2020
Application numberEP 00119350
Classification (CPC)H04L49/309 +2 more

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