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Data conversion method for a thermometric code, decoder and converter using this method

EP 0533253 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed September 11, 1992 and granted July 10, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 11, 2012.
  • 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 March 11, 2018.
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FiledSeptember 11, 1992
PublishedMarch 24, 1993
GrantedJuly 10, 1996
Term endedSeptember 11, 2012
Application numberEP 92202776
Classification (CPC)H03M7/16 +1 more

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