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Image processing system for a coded signal sequence subjected to predictive coding in different manners

EP 0289960 B1 · Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 29, 1988 and granted October 20, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 29, 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 29, 2013.
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FiledApril 29, 1988
PublishedNovember 9, 1988
GrantedOctober 20, 1993
Term endedApril 29, 2008
Application numberEP 88106939
Classification (CPC)H04N19/50 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedApril 29, 1988PublishedNov 9, 1988Patent grantedOct 20, 1993Term endedApril 29, 2008

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