SATELLITE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Patent 1013005

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EP 1 013 005 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	29.12.1999

(43)	Date of publication:
	28.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/26

(21)	Application number: 99922346.4

(22)	Date of filing: 18.05.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04B 7/185

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB9901/573

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9960/810 (25.11.1999 Gazette 1999/47)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE DK FR GB NL

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Priority:

20.05.1998 GB 9810883

(71)	Applicant: Inmarsat Ltd.
	London EC1Y 1AX (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	PHILLIPS, Kevin, Paul Leigh-on-SeaEssex SS9 1RR (GB) FEBVRE, Paul, Roger IpswichSuffolk IP4 5HF (GB)

(74)	Representative: Cross, James Peter Archibald et al
	R.G.C. Jenkins & Co.,26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ London SW1H 0RJ (GB)

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