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A method for removing artifacts in an electronic image decoded from a block-transform coded image

EP 1017239 A2 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

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  • Filed December 3, 1999 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 3, 2019.
  • 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 June 3, 2025.
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FiledDecember 3, 1999
PublishedJuly 5, 2000
GrantedNever granted
Term endedDecember 3, 2019
Application numberEP 99204114
Classification (CPC)H04N19/86 +1 more

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