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Method and system for using altitude information in a satellite positioning system

EP 1840592 B1 · Applicant: Snaptrack, Inc.

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  • Filed April 13, 1999 and granted January 20, 2010. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 13, 2019.
  • 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 13, 2024.
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FiledApril 13, 1999
PublishedOctober 3, 2007
GrantedJanuary 20, 2010
Term endedApril 13, 2019
Application numberEP 07011100
Classification (CPC)G01S19/50 +1 more

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