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System and method for converting component video signals to a composite video signal compatible with the PAL standard

EP 0561396 A2 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed March 18, 1993 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 18, 2013.
  • 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 September 18, 2018.
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FiledMarch 18, 1993
PublishedSeptember 22, 1993
GrantedNever granted
Term endedMarch 18, 2013
Application numberEP 93104444
Classification (CPC)H04N9/641 +1 more

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