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Progressive scan video processor providing video interpolation

EP 0176239 B1 · Applicant: RCA LICENSING CORPORATION

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  • Filed August 23, 1985 and granted November 29, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 23, 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 February 23, 2011.
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FiledAugust 23, 1985
PublishedApril 2, 1986
GrantedNovember 29, 1989
Term endedAugust 23, 2005
Application numberEP 85306008
Classification (CPC)H04N7/012

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedAug 23, 1985PublishedApril 2, 1986Patent grantedNov 29, 1989Term endedAug 23, 2005

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