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EP 0336038 B1 · Applicant: PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 3, 1988 and granted December 28, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 3, 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 3, 2014.
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FiledOctober 3, 1988
PublishedOctober 11, 1989
GrantedDecember 28, 1994
Term endedOctober 3, 2008
Application numberEP 88309169
Classification (CPC)H04N1/3871 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 3, 1988PublishedOct 11, 1989Patent grantedDec 28, 1994Term endedOct 3, 2008

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