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Magnetic tape apparatus with an arrangement for damping the movement of the reel motors during standby of the tape transport capstan

EP 0025534 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed August 28, 1980 and granted December 4, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 28, 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 28, 2006.
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FiledAugust 28, 1980
PublishedMarch 25, 1981
GrantedDecember 4, 1985
Term endedAugust 28, 2000
Application numberEP 80105136
Classification (CPC)G11B15/58

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedAug 28, 1980PublishedMarch 25, 1981Patent grantedDec 4, 1985Term endedAug 28, 2000

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