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Mobile communication system and mobile communication method thereof

EP 0873033 B1 · Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 26, 1998 and granted March 18, 2009. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 2018.
  • 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 September 26, 2023.
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FiledMarch 26, 1998
PublishedOctober 21, 1998
GrantedMarch 18, 2009
Term endedMarch 26, 2018
Application numberEP 98105511
Classification (CPC)H04W48/04

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