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Multi-channel audio surround sound from front located loudspeakers

EP 1680941 B1 · Applicant: Britannia Investment Corporation

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  • Filed October 25, 2004 and granted April 25, 2012. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 25, 2024.
  • Supplementary protection certificates extend only medicine and crop-protection patents, and it isn't classified as either.
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FiledOctober 25, 2004
PublishedJuly 19, 2006
GrantedApril 25, 2012
Term endedOctober 25, 2024
Application numberEP 04796262
Classification (CPC)H04S3/002

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