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An improved technique for voice-based security systems

EP 0533396 B1 · Applicant: AT&T Corp.

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  • Filed September 10, 1992 and granted November 27, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 10, 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 10, 2018.
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FiledSeptember 10, 1992
PublishedMarch 24, 1993
GrantedNovember 27, 1996
Term endedSeptember 10, 2012
Application numberEP 92308221
Classification (CPC)G10L17/22 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedSep 10, 1992PublishedMarch 24, 1993Patent grantedNov 27, 1996Term endedSep 10, 2012

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