Expired European patentEurope
Apparatus and method for employing cryptographic functions to generate a message digest
EP 1596530 B1 · Applicant: VIA Technologies, Inc.
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- Filed April 14, 2005 and granted July 2, 2008. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 14, 2025.
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FiledApril 14, 2005
PublishedNovember 16, 2005
GrantedJuly 2, 2008
Term endedApril 14, 2025
Application numberEP 05252311
Classification (CPC)H04L9/0643 +2 more
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