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Program blocking method for use in direct broadcast satellite system

EP 0195523 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 20, 1986 and granted September 25, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 20, 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 August 20, 2011.
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FiledFebruary 20, 1986
PublishedSeptember 24, 1986
GrantedSeptember 25, 1991
Term endedFebruary 20, 2006
Application numberEP 86301212
Classification (CPC)H04N7/1675 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedFeb 20, 1986PublishedSep 24, 1986Patent grantedSep 25, 1991Term endedFeb 20, 2006

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