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Communication unit and communication method with profile management

EP 1030494 B1 · Applicant: Sony International (Europe) GmbH

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  • Filed February 17, 1999 and granted June 28, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 17, 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 August 17, 2024.
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FiledFebruary 17, 1999
PublishedAugust 23, 2000
GrantedJune 28, 2006
Term endedFebruary 17, 2019
Application numberEP 99103132
Classification (CPC)H04L67/30 +2 more

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