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Method of broadcasting a high-definition television programme, and receiver with equalizer for receiving such a programme

EP 0328461 B1 · Applicant: FRANCE TELECOM

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  • Filed February 13, 1989 and granted June 9, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 13, 2009.
  • 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 August 13, 2014.
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FiledFebruary 13, 1989
PublishedAugust 16, 1989
GrantedJune 9, 1993
Term endedFebruary 13, 2009
Application numberEP 89400397
Classification (CPC)H04N17/02 +1 more

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