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Tone control circuit

EP 0052544 B1 · Applicant: THOMSON-CSF

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  • Filed October 23, 1981 and granted September 26, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 23, 2001.
  • 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 23, 2007.
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FiledOctober 23, 1981
PublishedMay 26, 1982
GrantedSeptember 26, 1984
Term endedOctober 23, 2001
Application numberEP 81401685
Classification (CPC)H03G9/00 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedOct 23, 1981PublishedMay 26, 1982Patent grantedSep 26, 1984Term endedOct 23, 2001

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