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Postage printing system having a digital coupon distribution system

EP 1022688 B1 · Applicant: PITNEY BOWES INC.

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  • Filed December 29, 1999 and granted August 22, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 29, 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 29, 2025.
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FiledDecember 29, 1999
PublishedJuly 26, 2000
GrantedAugust 22, 2007
Term endedDecember 29, 2019
Application numberEP 99126148
Classification (CPC)G07B17/00733

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