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Apparatus and method for generating on-screen-display messages using true color mode

AU 1996074331 · Applicant: Thomson Consumer Electronics Inc

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  • Filed October 16, 1996 and granted December 20, 2001. An Australian standard patent lasts 20 years from its date of patent, which is at most a year after this filing, so its term ended by October 16, 2017.
  • A pharmaceutical extension adds at most five years, so even that would have ended by October 16, 2022.
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FiledOctober 16, 1996
GrantedDecember 20, 2001
Term ended byOctober 16, 2017
Application numberAU 1996074331
Classification (IPC)H04N11/08 +2 more

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1997200020032006200920122015Application filedOct 16, 1996Patent grantedDec 20, 2001Term ended byOct 16, 2017

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