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Video signal converter

EP 0242923 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed April 16, 1987 and granted August 5, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 16, 2007.
  • 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 October 16, 2012.
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FiledApril 16, 1987
PublishedOctober 28, 1987
GrantedAugust 5, 1992
Term endedApril 16, 2007
Application numberEP 87200723
Classification (CPC)H04N7/012

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 16, 1987PublishedOct 28, 1987Patent grantedAug 5, 1992Term endedApril 16, 2007

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