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EP 0205166 B1 · Applicant: Nokia Unterhaltungselektronik (Deutschland) GmbH

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  • Filed June 11, 1986 and granted August 30, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 11, 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 December 11, 2011.
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FiledJune 11, 1986
PublishedDecember 17, 1986
GrantedAugust 30, 1989
Term endedJune 11, 2006
Application numberEP 86107963
Classification (CPC)H01J29/87

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJune 11, 1986PublishedDec 17, 1986Patent grantedAug 30, 1989Term endedJune 11, 2006

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