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Method and apparatus for generating an adaptive peaking signal increasing the sharpness of a video signal

EP 0268332 B1 · Applicant: North American Philips Corporation

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  • Filed November 11, 1987 and granted March 4, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 11, 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 May 11, 2013.
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FiledNovember 11, 1987
PublishedMay 25, 1988
GrantedMarch 4, 1992
Term endedNovember 11, 2007
Application numberEP 87202192
Classification (CPC)H04N5/142

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedNov 11, 1987PublishedMay 25, 1988Patent grantedMarch 4, 1992Term endedNov 11, 2007

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