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Methods and systems for optimizing return and present value

EP 1194875 A2 · Applicant: GE Capital Commercial Finance Inc.

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  • Filed December 19, 2000 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 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 June 19, 2026.
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FiledDecember 19, 2000
PublishedApril 10, 2002
GrantedNever granted
Term endedDecember 19, 2020
Application numberEP 00990254
Classification (CPC)G06Q40/00 +2 more

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