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Method and apparatus for segmentation and reassembly of data packets in a communication switch

EP 1094641 B1 · Applicant: Alcatel Canada Inc.

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  • Filed October 19, 2000 and granted June 7, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 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 April 19, 2026.
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FiledOctober 19, 2000
PublishedApril 25, 2001
GrantedJune 7, 2006
Term endedOctober 19, 2020
Application numberEP 00122791
Classification (CPC)H04L49/3081 +1 more

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