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Game system, imaging method in the game system, and computer readable storage medium having game program stored therein

EP 1151771 B1 · Applicant: Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Inc.

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  • Filed March 23, 2001 and granted March 15, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 23, 2021.
  • 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 September 23, 2026.
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FiledMarch 23, 2001
PublishedNovember 7, 2001
GrantedMarch 15, 2006
Term endedMarch 23, 2021
Application numberEP 01302726
Classification (CPC)G06T15/40

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