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Entropy codec for fast data compression and decompression

EP 1154575 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company, A Delaware Corporation

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  • Filed February 7, 2001 and granted May 4, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 7, 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 August 7, 2026.
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FiledFebruary 7, 2001
PublishedNovember 14, 2001
GrantedMay 4, 2005
Term endedFebruary 7, 2021
Application numberEP 01102700
Classification (CPC)H03M7/40

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