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Device for loading and ejecting a diskette into or from a disk drive

EP 0039975 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed May 8, 1981 and granted April 11, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 8, 2001.
  • 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 November 8, 2006.
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FiledMay 8, 1981
PublishedNovember 18, 1981
GrantedApril 11, 1984
Term endedMay 8, 2001
Application numberEP 81200487
Classification (CPC)G11B17/0407

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMay 8, 1981PublishedNov 18, 1981Patent grantedApril 11, 1984Term endedMay 8, 2001

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