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Method and apparatus for fine frequency synchronization in multi-carrier demodulation systems

EP 1072138 B1 · Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.

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  • Filed April 14, 1998 and granted September 11, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 14, 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 October 14, 2023.
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FiledApril 14, 1998
PublishedJanuary 31, 2001
GrantedSeptember 11, 2002
Term endedApril 14, 2018
Application numberEP 98924116
Classification (CPC)H04L27/266 +1 more

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