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Color thin film electroluminescent display

EP 0706748 B1 · Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

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  • Filed May 17, 1994 and granted September 3, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 17, 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 17, 2019.
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FiledMay 17, 1994
PublishedApril 17, 1996
GrantedSeptember 3, 1997
Term endedMay 17, 2014
Application numberEP 94917429
Classification (CPC)H05B33/22 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMay 17, 1994PublishedApril 17, 1996Patent grantedSep 3, 1997Term endedMay 17, 2014

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