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Redundant synchronous clock distribution for computer systems

EP 1185933 B1 · Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

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  • Filed May 16, 2000 and granted April 9, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 16, 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 November 16, 2025.
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FiledMay 16, 2000
PublishedMarch 13, 2002
GrantedApril 9, 2003
Term endedMay 16, 2020
Application numberEP 00932487
Classification (CPC)G06F1/04 +2 more

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