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Circuit for decoding the vertical synchronisation pulse in a composite video signal

EP 0188964 B1 · Applicant: Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH

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  • Filed December 24, 1985 and granted March 15, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 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 June 24, 2011.
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FiledDecember 24, 1985
PublishedJuly 30, 1986
GrantedMarch 15, 1989
Term endedDecember 24, 2005
Application numberEP 85402613
Classification (CPC)H04N5/10

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedDec 24, 1985PublishedJuly 30, 1986Patent grantedMarch 15, 1989Term endedDec 24, 2005

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