Expired European patentEurope
System and method for arithmetic encoding and decoding
EP 1504408 B1 · Applicant: DoCoMo Communications Laboratories USA, Inc.
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- Filed April 23, 2003 and granted October 28, 2015. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 23, 2023.
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FiledApril 23, 2003
PublishedFebruary 9, 2005
GrantedOctober 28, 2015
Term endedApril 23, 2023
Application numberEP 03718500
Classification (CPC)H03M7/4006
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