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EP 0474641 B1 · Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.

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  • Filed March 20, 1990 and granted November 13, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 20, 2010.
  • 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 September 20, 2015.
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FiledMarch 20, 1990
PublishedMarch 18, 1992
GrantedNovember 13, 1996
Term endedMarch 20, 2010
Application numberEP 90905266
Classification (CPC)H04W48/10

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 20, 1990PublishedMarch 18, 1992Patent grantedNov 13, 1996Term endedMarch 20, 2010

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