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Gradation control of an electro-optical display device

EP 1096465 B1 · Applicant: SEL SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.

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  • Filed October 26, 2000 and granted September 22, 2010. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 26, 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 April 26, 2026.
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FiledOctober 26, 2000
PublishedMay 2, 2001
GrantedSeptember 22, 2010
Term endedOctober 26, 2020
Application numberEP 00123262
Classification (CPC)G09G3/2077 +2 more

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