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Method and apparatus for individualised postage value computing

EP 0099666 B1 · Applicant: PITNEY BOWES, INC.

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  • Filed June 28, 1983 and granted July 26, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 28, 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 December 28, 2008.
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FiledJune 28, 1983
PublishedFebruary 1, 1984
GrantedJuly 26, 1989
Term endedJune 28, 2003
Application numberEP 83303726
Classification (CPC)G07B17/00362

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJune 28, 1983PublishedFeb 1, 1984Patent grantedJuly 26, 1989Term endedJune 28, 2003

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