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Precision control frequency synthesizer having an unstable, variable frequency input signal

EP 0173699 B1 · Applicant: AT&T Corp.

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  • Filed January 29, 1985 and granted November 29, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 29, 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 July 29, 2010.
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FiledJanuary 29, 1985
PublishedMarch 12, 1986
GrantedNovember 29, 1989
Term endedJanuary 29, 2005
Application numberEP 85900928
Classification (CPC)H03L7/16 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJan 29, 1985PublishedMarch 12, 1986Patent grantedNov 29, 1989Term endedJan 29, 2005

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