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Television and distribution network

EP 0103438 B1 · Applicant: THORN EMI PLC

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  • Filed August 30, 1983 and granted July 23, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 30, 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 March 2, 2009.
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FiledAugust 30, 1983
PublishedMarch 21, 1984
GrantedJuly 23, 1986
Term endedAugust 30, 2003
Application numberEP 83304995
Classification (CPC)H04N7/17309 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedAug 30, 1983PublishedMarch 21, 1984Patent grantedJuly 23, 1986Term endedAug 30, 2003

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