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System for transmitting high-definition television pictures through narrow band channels, and a transmitter and a receiver suitable therefor

EP 0271122 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed November 4, 1987 and granted March 3, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 4, 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 4, 2013.
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FiledNovember 4, 1987
PublishedJune 15, 1988
GrantedMarch 3, 1993
Term endedNovember 4, 2007
Application numberEP 87202131
Classification (CPC)H04N11/28

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedNov 4, 1987PublishedJune 15, 1988Patent grantedMarch 3, 1993Term endedNov 4, 2007

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