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Protocol for a communication system using overlaid signals and multi-carrier frequency communication

EP 1275230 B1 · Applicant: Atheros Communications, Inc.

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  • Filed April 21, 2001 and granted June 18, 2008. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 21, 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 October 21, 2026.
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FiledApril 21, 2001
PublishedJanuary 15, 2003
GrantedJune 18, 2008
Term endedApril 21, 2021
Application numberEP 01930626
Classification (CPC)H04L5/023

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