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Automatic hue corrector apparatus

EP 0331256 B1 · Applicant: PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 27, 1989 and granted June 8, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 27, 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 27, 2014.
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FiledFebruary 27, 1989
PublishedSeptember 6, 1989
GrantedJune 8, 1994
Term endedFebruary 27, 2009
Application numberEP 89200475
Classification (CPC)H04N9/643

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedFeb 27, 1989PublishedSep 6, 1989Patent grantedJune 8, 1994Term endedFeb 27, 2009

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