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An oscillator frequency control arrangement for a stereo decoder

EP 0305974 B1 · Applicant: RCA Thomson Licensing Corporation

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  • Filed August 30, 1988 and granted August 11, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 30, 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 March 2, 2014.
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FiledAugust 30, 1988
PublishedMarch 8, 1989
GrantedAugust 11, 1993
Term endedAugust 30, 2008
Application numberEP 88114144
Classification (CPC)H03D1/2236

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedAug 30, 1988PublishedMarch 8, 1989Patent grantedAug 11, 1993Term endedAug 30, 2008

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