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Method of checking the reproduction of a sound recording by associating an auxilary signal to said recording

EP 0021971 B1 · Applicant: Société SCOME FRANCE

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  • Filed June 16, 1980 and granted February 1, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 16, 2000.
  • 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 December 16, 2005.
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FiledJune 16, 1980
PublishedJanuary 7, 1981
GrantedFebruary 1, 1984
Term endedJune 16, 2000
Application numberEP 80400872
Classification (CPC)G11B20/00086 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedJune 16, 1980PublishedJan 7, 1981Patent grantedFeb 1, 1984Term endedJune 16, 2000

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