User programmable switching arrangement
CA 2010686 C · Owner: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. · Inventors: Duffield, David Jay
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A switching system for a television receiver allows a user to specify which of several input connectors is assigned to which of several signal sources. Thereafter upon selection, of a particular signal source the system automatically selects, the input connector associated with the selected signal source.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed February 22, 1990 and granted June 1, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 22, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 22, 2012.
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