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A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving signals in a video phone

EP 0458523 B1 · Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

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  • Filed May 16, 1991 and granted April 16, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 16, 2011.
  • 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 16, 2016.
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FiledMay 16, 1991
PublishedNovember 27, 1991
GrantedApril 16, 1997
Term endedMay 16, 2011
Application numberEP 91304386
Classification (CPC)H04N7/147 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 16, 1991PublishedNov 27, 1991Patent grantedApril 16, 1997Term endedMay 16, 2011

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