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A transformation circuit to effect raster operations

EP 0235471 B1 · Applicant: DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

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  • Filed August 29, 1986 and granted November 24, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 29, 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 February 29, 2012.
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FiledAugust 29, 1986
PublishedSeptember 9, 1987
GrantedNovember 24, 1993
Term endedAugust 29, 2006
Application numberEP 86401906
Classification (CPC)G06T3/02

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedAug 29, 1986PublishedSep 9, 1987Patent grantedNov 24, 1993Term endedAug 29, 2006

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