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AU 1998097196 · Applicant: Pitneybowes Inc

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  • Filed December 18, 1998 and granted November 7, 2002. 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 December 18, 2019.
  • A pharmaceutical extension adds at most five years, so even that would have ended by December 18, 2024.
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FiledDecember 18, 1998
GrantedNovember 7, 2002
Term ended byDecember 18, 2019
Application numberAU 1998097196
Classification (IPC)G06F21/20 +2 more

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1999200220052008201120142017Application filedDec 18, 1998Patent grantedNov 7, 2002Term ended byDec 18, 2019

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