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Encryption device and apparatus for encryption/decryption based on the Montgomery method using efficient modular multiplication

EP 0656709 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed November 29, 1994 and granted July 13, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 29, 2014.
  • 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 29, 2020.
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FiledNovember 29, 1994
PublishedJune 7, 1995
GrantedJuly 13, 2005
Term endedNovember 29, 2014
Application numberEP 94308810
Classification (CPC)H04L9/3006 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedNov 29, 1994PublishedJune 7, 1995Patent grantedJuly 13, 2005Term endedNov 29, 2014

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