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EP 1013044 B1 · Applicant: ICQ INC.

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  • Filed September 30, 1997 and granted December 28, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 30, 2017.
  • 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 March 30, 2023.
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FiledSeptember 30, 1997
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedDecember 28, 2005
Term endedSeptember 30, 2017
Application numberEP 97942173
Classification (CPC)H04L51/04 +2 more

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedSep 30, 1997PublishedJune 28, 2000Patent grantedDec 28, 2005Term endedSep 30, 2017

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