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Method and apparatus for switching radio links in mobile communication

EP 0673585 B1 · Applicant: NTT MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INC.

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  • Filed October 13, 1994 and granted January 2, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 13, 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 April 13, 2020.
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FiledOctober 13, 1994
PublishedSeptember 27, 1995
GrantedJanuary 2, 2004
Term endedOctober 13, 2014
Application numberEP 94929645
Classification (CPC)H04W36/0072

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedOct 13, 1994PublishedSep 27, 1995Patent grantedJan 2, 2004Term endedOct 13, 2014

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