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Video signal display apparatus with a liquid crystal display unit

EP 0369481 B1 · Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 17, 1989 and granted July 27, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 17, 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 May 17, 2015.
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FiledNovember 17, 1989
PublishedMay 23, 1990
GrantedJuly 27, 1994
Term endedNovember 17, 2009
Application numberEP 89121344
Classification (CPC)G09G3/3614 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 17, 1989PublishedMay 23, 1990Patent grantedJuly 27, 1994Term endedNov 17, 2009

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