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System and method for time-limited digital content access

EP 1680902 A1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed September 29, 2004 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 29, 2024.
  • Supplementary protection certificates extend only medicine and crop-protection patents, and it isn't classified as either.
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FiledSeptember 29, 2004
PublishedJuly 19, 2006
GrantedNever granted
Term endedSeptember 29, 2024
Application numberEP 04773607
Classification (CPC)H04N5/76 +2 more

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