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Video signal digital processing system

EP 0177320 B1 · Applicant: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED

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  • Filed September 30, 1985 and granted March 11, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 30, 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 March 30, 2011.
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FiledSeptember 30, 1985
PublishedApril 9, 1986
GrantedMarch 11, 1992
Term endedSeptember 30, 2005
Application numberEP 85306966
Classification (CPC)H04N9/64

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedSep 30, 1985PublishedApril 9, 1986Patent grantedMarch 11, 1992Term endedSep 30, 2005

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