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Acoustic noise reducing

EP 0873040 B1 · Applicant: BOSE CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 21, 1998 and granted February 25, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 21, 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 October 21, 2023.
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FiledApril 21, 1998
PublishedOctober 21, 1998
GrantedFebruary 25, 2004
Term endedApril 21, 2018
Application numberEP 98600007
Classification (CPC)H04R1/1083 +2 more

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