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Method for providing access to information by way of enciphering/deciphering messages including transmitting and receiving devices

EP 0759675 B1 · Applicant: Koninklijke KPN N.V.

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  • Filed July 29, 1996 and granted March 27, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 29, 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 29, 2022.
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FiledJuly 29, 1996
PublishedFebruary 26, 1997
GrantedMarch 27, 2002
Term endedJuly 29, 2016
Application numberEP 96202140
Classification (CPC)H04N7/1675 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJuly 29, 1996PublishedFeb 26, 1997Patent grantedMarch 27, 2002Term endedJuly 29, 2016

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