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Seesaw-type power-supply switch device

EP 1148524 B1 · Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

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  • Filed March 21, 2001 and granted August 1, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 21, 2021.
  • 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 21, 2026.
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FiledMarch 21, 2001
PublishedOctober 24, 2001
GrantedAugust 1, 2007
Term endedMarch 21, 2021
Application numberEP 01302612
Classification (CPC)H01H23/04 +1 more

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