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Signal recognition system and method

EP 0480010 B1 · Applicant: BROADCAST DATA SYSTEMS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

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  • Filed May 2, 1991 and granted September 11, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 2, 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 2, 2016.
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FiledMay 2, 1991
PublishedApril 15, 1992
GrantedSeptember 11, 1996
Term endedMay 2, 2011
Application numberEP 91908882
Classification (CPC)G10H1/0033 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 2, 1991PublishedApril 15, 1992Patent grantedSep 11, 1996Term endedMay 2, 2011

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