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Cable television impulse pay per view system

EP 0335891 B1 · Applicant: SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC.

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  • Filed December 1, 1987 and granted August 31, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 1, 2007.
  • 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 June 1, 2013.
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FiledDecember 1, 1987
PublishedOctober 11, 1989
GrantedAugust 31, 1994
Term endedDecember 1, 2007
Application numberEP 88900195
Classification (CPC)H04N7/17327 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedDec 1, 1987PublishedOct 11, 1989Patent grantedAug 31, 1994Term endedDec 1, 2007

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