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Noise-dependent volume control having a reduced sensitivity to speech signals

EP 0179530 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed October 16, 1985 and granted June 14, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 16, 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 April 16, 2011.
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FiledOctober 16, 1985
PublishedApril 30, 1986
GrantedJune 14, 1989
Term endedOctober 16, 2005
Application numberEP 85201692
Classification (CPC)G10L25/78 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedOct 16, 1985PublishedApril 30, 1986Patent grantedJune 14, 1989Term endedOct 16, 2005

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