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A method and device for storing audio-centered information by a table-of-contents TOC mechanism and also by a file-based access mechanism through a ROOT directory that contains a highest level TOC directory and a unitary storage medium containing such information

AU 1999010497 · Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics Nv

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  • Filed November 24, 1998 and granted October 9, 2003. An Australian standard patent lasts 20 years from its date of patent, which is at most a year after this filing, so its term ended by November 24, 2019.
  • A pharmaceutical extension adds at most five years, so even that would have ended by November 24, 2024.
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FiledNovember 24, 1998
GrantedOctober 9, 2003
Term ended byNovember 24, 2019
Application numberAU 1999010497
Classification (IPC)G11B20/12 +2 more

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1999200220052008201120142017Application filedNov 24, 1998Patent grantedOct 9, 2003Term ended byNov 24, 2019

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