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Display device consisting of individual electrically controlled elements controlled by a diode matrix

EP 0167445 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE D'ETUDES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES PRODUCTIONS ELECTRONIQUES société anonyme

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  • Filed June 24, 1985 and granted December 7, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 24, 2005.
  • 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 24, 2010.
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FiledJune 24, 1985
PublishedJanuary 8, 1986
GrantedDecember 7, 1988
Term endedJune 24, 2005
Application numberEP 85401258
Classification (CPC)G09F9/375

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJune 24, 1985PublishedJan 8, 1986Patent grantedDec 7, 1988Term endedJune 24, 2005

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