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Low noise block down-converter for direct broadcast satellite receiver integrated with a flat plate antenna

EP 0348370 B1 · Applicant: COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORPORATION

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  • Filed June 12, 1989 and granted August 25, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 12, 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 December 12, 2014.
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FiledJune 12, 1989
PublishedDecember 27, 1989
GrantedAugust 25, 1993
Term endedJune 12, 2009
Application numberEP 89850194
Classification (CPC)H03D9/0641

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedJune 12, 1989PublishedDec 27, 1989Patent grantedAug 25, 1993Term endedJune 12, 2009

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