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Method of writing information on a magnetic-recording carrier

EP 0010494 B1 · Applicant: COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE POUR L'INFORMATIQUE CII - HONEYWELL BULL (dite CII-HB)

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  • Filed October 15, 1979 and granted April 18, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 15, 1999.
  • 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 April 15, 2005.
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FiledOctober 15, 1979
PublishedApril 30, 1980
GrantedApril 18, 1984
Term endedOctober 15, 1999
Application numberEP 79400748
Classification (CPC)G11B27/105 +1 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedOct 15, 1979PublishedApril 30, 1980Patent grantedApril 18, 1984Term endedOct 15, 1999

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