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Computer processor and method for data streaming

EP 1027641 B1 · Applicant: S3 Graphics Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed November 6, 1998 and granted May 19, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 6, 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 May 6, 2024.
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FiledNovember 6, 1998
PublishedAugust 16, 2000
GrantedMay 19, 2004
Term endedNovember 6, 2018
Application numberEP 98956631
Classification (CPC)G06F9/3885 +2 more

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