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Fraud prevention in an electronic coin telephone set

EP 0166745 B1 · Applicant: AT&T Corp.

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  • Filed November 21, 1984 and granted February 28, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 21, 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 May 21, 2010.
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FiledNovember 21, 1984
PublishedJanuary 8, 1986
GrantedFebruary 28, 1990
Term endedNovember 21, 2004
Application numberEP 84904317
Classification (CPC)G07F1/04 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedNov 21, 1984PublishedJan 8, 1986Patent grantedFeb 28, 1990Term endedNov 21, 2004

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