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Method of automatically qualifying a signal reproduction device for installation of monitoring equipment

EP 0695489 B1 · Applicant: Ceridian Corporation

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  • Filed April 18, 1994 and granted January 26, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 18, 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 October 18, 2019.
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FiledApril 18, 1994
PublishedFebruary 7, 1996
GrantedJanuary 26, 2000
Term endedApril 18, 2014
Application numberEP 94916538
Classification (CPC)H04N7/165

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 18, 1994PublishedFeb 7, 1996Patent grantedJan 26, 2000Term endedApril 18, 2014

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