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Signal encoding and decoding method and device

EP 0300775 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed July 20, 1988 and granted May 31, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 20, 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 January 20, 2014.
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FiledJuly 20, 1988
PublishedJanuary 25, 1989
GrantedMay 31, 1995
Term endedJuly 20, 2008
Application numberEP 88306679
Classification (CPC)H04N19/10

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJuly 20, 1988PublishedJan 25, 1989Patent grantedMay 31, 1995Term endedJuly 20, 2008

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