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Video signal recording and reproducing apparatus

EP 0024850 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed August 13, 1980 and granted October 31, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 13, 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 February 13, 2006.
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FiledAugust 13, 1980
PublishedMarch 11, 1981
GrantedOctober 31, 1984
Term endedAugust 13, 2000
Application numberEP 80302780
Classification (CPC)H04N9/87

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedAug 13, 1980PublishedMarch 11, 1981Patent grantedOct 31, 1984Term endedAug 13, 2000

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