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EP 0143533 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed September 28, 1984 and granted April 7, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 28, 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 28, 2010.
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FiledSeptember 28, 1984
PublishedJune 5, 1985
GrantedApril 7, 1993
Term endedSeptember 28, 2004
Application numberEP 84306633
Classification (CPC)G06T3/4023

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedSep 28, 1984PublishedJune 5, 1985Patent grantedApril 7, 1993Term endedSep 28, 2004

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