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A method and apparatus for remotely calibrating a phased array system used for satellite communication

EP 0752736 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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  • Filed July 5, 1996 and granted May 2, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 5, 2016.
  • 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 January 5, 2022.
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FiledJuly 5, 1996
PublishedJanuary 8, 1997
GrantedMay 2, 2002
Term endedJuly 5, 2016
Application numberEP 96304973
Classification (CPC)H01Q3/267

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