Expired European patentEurope
Fast sync-byte search scheme for packet framing
EP 0868797 B1 · Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
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- Filed September 3, 1997 and granted July 27, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 3, 2017.
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FiledSeptember 3, 1997
PublishedOctober 7, 1998
GrantedJuly 27, 2005
Term endedSeptember 3, 2017
Application numberEP 97935716
Classification (CPC)H04N21/4385
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