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Image signal-processing system based on synthetic aperture technique

EP 0140539 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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  • Filed September 3, 1984 and granted May 16, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 3, 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 March 3, 2010.
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FiledSeptember 3, 1984
PublishedMay 8, 1985
GrantedMay 16, 1990
Term endedSeptember 3, 2004
Application numberEP 84306019
Classification (CPC)G01S15/8977 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedSep 3, 1984PublishedMay 8, 1985Patent grantedMay 16, 1990Term endedSep 3, 2004

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