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Group call in a cellular radio system

EP 0699371 B1 · Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company

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  • Filed May 23, 1994 and granted August 16, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 23, 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 November 23, 2019.
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FiledMay 23, 1994
PublishedMarch 6, 1996
GrantedAugust 16, 2000
Term endedMay 23, 2014
Application numberEP 94915668
Classification (CPC)H04W72/30

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMay 23, 1994PublishedMarch 6, 1996Patent grantedAug 16, 2000Term endedMay 23, 2014

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