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Improvements in and relating to the recording and editing of moving television pictures

EP 0338009 B1 · Applicant: QUESTECH LIMITED

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  • Filed December 30, 1987 and granted December 16, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 30, 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 30, 2013.
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FiledDecember 30, 1987
PublishedOctober 25, 1989
GrantedDecember 16, 1992
Term endedDecember 30, 2007
Application numberEP 88900466
Classification (CPC)H04N5/907 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedDec 30, 1987PublishedOct 25, 1989Patent grantedDec 16, 1992Term endedDec 30, 2007

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