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Touch panel with automatic frequency control

EP 0257775 B1 · Applicant: TEKTRONIX, INC.

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  • Filed July 17, 1987 and granted December 16, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 17, 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 January 17, 2013.
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FiledJuly 17, 1987
PublishedMarch 2, 1988
GrantedDecember 16, 1992
Term endedJuly 17, 2007
Application numberEP 87306375
Classification (CPC)G06F3/045 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJuly 17, 1987PublishedMarch 2, 1988Patent grantedDec 16, 1992Term endedJuly 17, 2007

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