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EP 0490261 B1 · Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed December 4, 1991 and granted July 17, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 4, 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 June 4, 2017.
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FiledDecember 4, 1991
PublishedJune 17, 1992
GrantedJuly 17, 1996
Term endedDecember 4, 2011
Application numberEP 91120853
Classification (CPC)H04N1/32704 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedDec 4, 1991PublishedJune 17, 1992Patent grantedJuly 17, 1996Term endedDec 4, 2011

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