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Circuit for mixing of video and OSD signals

EP 0773675 A2 · Applicant: THOMSON multimedia S.A.

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  • Filed October 31, 1996 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 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 May 1, 2022.
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FiledOctober 31, 1996
PublishedMay 14, 1997
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 31, 2016
Application numberEP 96402329
Classification (CPC)H04N5/44504

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