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Transmission method, especially for recording and reproducing television signals

EP 0111157 B1 · Applicant: Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH

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  • Filed November 5, 1983 and granted June 22, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 5, 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 May 5, 2009.
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FiledNovember 5, 1983
PublishedJune 20, 1984
GrantedJune 22, 1988
Term endedNovember 5, 2003
Application numberEP 83111048
Classification (CPC)H04N9/81

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedNov 5, 1983PublishedJune 20, 1984Patent grantedJune 22, 1988Term endedNov 5, 2003

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