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Interrupt driven sound information processing apparatus

EP 1017040 B1 · Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 19, 1994 and granted December 28, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 2014.
  • 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 April 19, 2020.
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FiledOctober 19, 1994
PublishedJuly 5, 2000
GrantedDecember 28, 2005
Term endedOctober 19, 2014
Application numberEP 00200595
Classification (CPC)G10L13/00 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedOct 19, 1994PublishedJuly 5, 2000Patent grantedDec 28, 2005Term endedOct 19, 2014

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