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Method of reducing finite controlling automata and corresponding computer-readable medium

EP 1202141 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed October 30, 2000 and granted December 12, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 30, 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 30, 2026.
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FiledOctober 30, 2000
PublishedMay 2, 2002
GrantedDecember 12, 2007
Term endedOctober 30, 2020
Application numberEP 00123667
Classification (CPC)G05B19/045

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