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Secure television transmission system

EP 0131983 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed June 19, 1984 and granted September 5, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 19, 2004.
  • 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 19, 2009.
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FiledJune 19, 1984
PublishedJanuary 23, 1985
GrantedSeptember 5, 1990
Term endedJune 19, 2004
Application numberEP 84200886
Classification (CPC)H04N7/1675

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJune 19, 1984PublishedJan 23, 1985Patent grantedSep 5, 1990Term endedJune 19, 2004

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