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Image coding and transmitting apparatus

EP 0288963 B1 · Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed April 26, 1988 and granted September 13, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 26, 2008.
  • 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 26, 2013.
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FiledApril 26, 1988
PublishedNovember 2, 1988
GrantedSeptember 13, 1995
Term endedApril 26, 2008
Application numberEP 88106640
Classification (CPC)H04N19/80 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedApril 26, 1988PublishedNov 2, 1988Patent grantedSep 13, 1995Term endedApril 26, 2008

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