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Method and apparatus for image data processing

EP 0543804 B1 · Applicant: MPR TELTECH LTD.

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  • Filed July 30, 1990 and granted December 18, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 30, 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 January 30, 2016.
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FiledJuly 30, 1990
PublishedJune 2, 1993
GrantedDecember 18, 1996
Term endedJuly 30, 2010
Application numberEP 90910497
Classification (CPC)H04N19/60 +1 more

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