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Operation apparatus processing data of arbitrary length

EP 0318699 B1 · Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER COMPANY LIMITED

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  • Filed October 25, 1988 and granted March 6, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 25, 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 25, 2014.
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FiledOctober 25, 1988
PublishedJune 7, 1989
GrantedMarch 6, 1996
Term endedOctober 25, 2008
Application numberEP 88117758
Classification (CPC)G06F9/30018 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 25, 1988PublishedJune 7, 1989Patent grantedMarch 6, 1996Term endedOct 25, 2008

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