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Method and system for spread spectrum transmission, especially for information transmission in an electric power distribution network

EP 0194902 B1 · Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER INDUSTRIES

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  • Filed January 17, 1986 and granted August 7, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 17, 2006.
  • 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 17, 2011.
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FiledJanuary 17, 1986
PublishedSeptember 17, 1986
GrantedAugust 7, 1991
Term endedJanuary 17, 2006
Application numberEP 86400089
Classification (CPC)H04L1/02 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJan 17, 1986PublishedSep 17, 1986Patent grantedAug 7, 1991Term endedJan 17, 2006

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