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Signal distribution circuit for use in CATV converters

EP 1056289 B1 · Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed May 24, 2000 and granted October 31, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 24, 2020.
  • 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 November 24, 2025.
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FiledMay 24, 2000
PublishedNovember 29, 2000
GrantedOctober 31, 2007
Term endedMay 24, 2020
Application numberEP 00304383
Classification (CPC)H04N7/102

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