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Apparatus and methods for controlling firmware branch points in an electronic postage meter

EP 0111316 B1 · Applicant: PITNEY BOWES INC.

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  • Filed December 8, 1983 and granted July 18, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 8, 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 June 8, 2009.
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FiledDecember 8, 1983
PublishedJune 20, 1984
GrantedJuly 18, 1990
Term endedDecember 8, 2003
Application numberEP 83112358
Classification (CPC)G07B17/00362

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedDec 8, 1983PublishedJune 20, 1984Patent grantedJuly 18, 1990Term endedDec 8, 2003

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