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Phase-locked-loop cicuit and bit-detection arrangement comprising such a phase-locked-loop circuit

EP 0342736 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed May 10, 1989 and granted August 21, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 10, 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 November 10, 2014.
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FiledMay 10, 1989
PublishedNovember 23, 1989
GrantedAugust 21, 1991
Term endedMay 10, 2009
Application numberEP 89201181
Classification (CPC)H03L7/085 +2 more

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