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Time counting circuit, pulse converting circuit and FM demodulating circuit

EP 0773447 A2 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed November 12, 1996 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 12, 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 May 12, 2022.
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FiledNovember 12, 1996
PublishedMay 14, 1997
GrantedNever granted
Term endedNovember 12, 2016
Application numberEP 96118134
Classification (CPC)H03K9/06 +2 more

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