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Electrical connector assembly

EP 1172894 B1 · Applicant: Silicon Bandwidth, Inc.

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  • Filed August 14, 1998 and granted October 20, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 14, 2018.
  • 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 February 14, 2024.
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FiledAugust 14, 1998
PublishedJanuary 16, 2002
GrantedOctober 20, 2004
Term endedAugust 14, 2018
Application numberEP 01124331
Classification (CPC)H01R43/16 +2 more

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedAug 14, 1998PublishedJan 16, 2002Patent grantedOct 20, 2004Term endedAug 14, 2018

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