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Adjustable multiple image display smoothing method and apparatus

EP 0556304 B1 · Applicant: METAVISION CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 5, 1991 and granted September 6, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 5, 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 May 5, 2017.
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FiledNovember 5, 1991
PublishedAugust 25, 1993
GrantedSeptember 6, 2000
Term endedNovember 5, 2011
Application numberEP 92900616
Classification (CPC)H04N9/31 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedNov 5, 1991PublishedAug 25, 1993Patent grantedSep 6, 2000Term endedNov 5, 2011

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