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Method and apparatus for automatic phase adjustment in a phase locked loop

EP 0378982 B1 · Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON

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  • Filed December 18, 1989 and granted June 1, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 18, 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 June 18, 2015.
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FiledDecember 18, 1989
PublishedJuly 25, 1990
GrantedJune 1, 1994
Term endedDecember 18, 2009
Application numberEP 89850438
Classification (CPC)H03L7/091

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedDec 18, 1989PublishedJuly 25, 1990Patent grantedJune 1, 1994Term endedDec 18, 2009

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