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Line driver with adaptive output impedance

EP 0664937 B1 · Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed July 4, 1994 and granted December 18, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 4, 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 January 4, 2020.
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FiledJuly 4, 1994
PublishedAugust 2, 1995
GrantedDecember 18, 2002
Term endedJuly 4, 2014
Application numberEP 94918489
Classification (CPC)H04L25/0278 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJuly 4, 1994PublishedAug 2, 1995Patent grantedDec 18, 2002Term endedJuly 4, 2014

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