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Automatic initialization of an advanced set-top box in a cable television system by downloading software or firmware over the cable system

EP 1172005 A1 · Applicant: General Instrument Corporation

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  • Filed April 14, 2000 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 14, 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 October 14, 2025.
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FiledApril 14, 2000
PublishedJanuary 16, 2002
GrantedNever granted
Term endedApril 14, 2020
Application numberEP 00923343
Classification (CPC)H04N7/165 +2 more

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