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Real-time audio packet layer encoder

EP 0717892 B1 · Applicant: RCA THOMSON LICENSING CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 10, 1993 and granted July 22, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 10, 2013.
  • 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 March 10, 2019.
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FiledSeptember 10, 1993
PublishedJune 26, 1996
GrantedJuly 22, 1998
Term endedSeptember 10, 2013
Application numberEP 93922184
Classification (CPC)H04H20/28 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedSep 10, 1993PublishedJune 26, 1996Patent grantedJuly 22, 1998Term endedSep 10, 2013

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