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Solid-state image sensing device with common output line

EP 0757475 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed July 31, 1996 and granted January 21, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 31, 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 31, 2022.
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FiledJuly 31, 1996
PublishedFebruary 5, 1997
GrantedJanuary 21, 2004
Term endedJuly 31, 2016
Application numberEP 96305640
Classification (CPC)H04N25/65 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJuly 31, 1996PublishedFeb 5, 1997Patent grantedJan 21, 2004Term endedJuly 31, 2016

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