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A speech recognizer

EP 0688012 B1 · Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

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  • Filed June 13, 1995 and granted January 19, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 13, 2015.
  • 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 December 13, 2020.
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FiledJune 13, 1995
PublishedDecember 20, 1995
GrantedJanuary 19, 2000
Term endedJune 13, 2015
Application numberEP 95109134
Classification (CPC)G10L15/142

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJune 13, 1995PublishedDec 20, 1995Patent grantedJan 19, 2000Term endedJune 13, 2015

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