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Apparatus generating test signals for electronic equipment

EP 0089871 B1 · Applicant: THOMSON-CSF

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  • Filed March 11, 1983 and granted December 18, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 11, 2003.
  • 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 September 11, 2008.
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FiledMarch 11, 1983
PublishedSeptember 28, 1983
GrantedDecember 18, 1985
Term endedMarch 11, 2003
Application numberEP 83400501
Classification (CPC)H04N17/02

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMarch 11, 1983PublishedSep 28, 1983Patent grantedDec 18, 1985Term endedMarch 11, 2003

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