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Speech synthesis using multimode coded units

EP 1074972 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed August 2, 2000 and granted June 7, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 2, 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 February 2, 2026.
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FiledAugust 2, 2000
PublishedFebruary 7, 2001
GrantedJune 7, 2006
Term endedAugust 2, 2020
Application numberEP 00306561
Classification (CPC)G10L13/06

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