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Method and apparatus for scheduling the transmission of cells of guaranteed-bandwidth virtual channels

EP 0690596 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company

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  • Filed June 28, 1994 and granted May 15, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 28, 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 December 28, 2019.
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FiledJune 28, 1994
PublishedJanuary 3, 1996
GrantedMay 15, 2002
Term endedJune 28, 2014
Application numberEP 94410045
Classification (CPC)H04L12/5602

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJune 28, 1994PublishedJan 3, 1996Patent grantedMay 15, 2002Term endedJune 28, 2014

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