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Method for programming domestic video apparatuses

EP 0307660 B1 · Applicant: Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH

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  • Filed August 20, 1988 and granted December 15, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 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 February 20, 2014.
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FiledAugust 20, 1988
PublishedMarch 22, 1989
GrantedDecember 15, 1993
Term endedAugust 20, 2008
Application numberEP 88113575
Classification (CPC)H04N7/0887

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedAug 20, 1988PublishedMarch 22, 1989Patent grantedDec 15, 1993Term endedAug 20, 2008

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