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Methods and apparatus for representation of branch metrics in a communication system decoder

EP 1081869 B1 · Applicant: LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.

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  • Filed August 29, 2000 and granted December 9, 2015. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 29, 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 March 1, 2026.
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FiledAugust 29, 2000
PublishedMarch 7, 2001
GrantedDecember 9, 2015
Term endedAugust 29, 2020
Application numberEP 00307366
Classification (CPC)H03M13/6325 +2 more

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