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Method of driving thin film EL panel for aging

EP 0314511 B1 · Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed October 28, 1988 and granted December 22, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 28, 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 April 28, 2014.
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FiledOctober 28, 1988
PublishedMay 3, 1989
GrantedDecember 22, 1993
Term endedOctober 28, 2008
Application numberEP 88310194
Classification (CPC)G09G3/006

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 28, 1988PublishedMay 3, 1989Patent grantedDec 22, 1993Term endedOct 28, 2008

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