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EP 0067888 B1 · Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 25, 1981 and granted June 7, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 25, 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 June 25, 2007.
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FiledDecember 25, 1981
PublishedDecember 29, 1982
GrantedJune 7, 1989
Term endedDecember 25, 2001
Application numberEP 82900140
Classification (CPC)H04N9/78

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedDec 25, 1981PublishedDec 29, 1982Patent grantedJune 7, 1989Term endedDec 25, 2001

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