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Improved tape timer for tape recorder/reproducer

EP 0091202 B1 · Applicant: AMPEX CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 8, 1983 and granted May 16, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 8, 2003.
  • 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 September 8, 2008.
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FiledMarch 8, 1983
PublishedOctober 12, 1983
GrantedMay 16, 1990
Term endedMarch 8, 2003
Application numberEP 83301245
Classification (CPC)G11B27/34 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMarch 8, 1983PublishedOct 12, 1983Patent grantedMay 16, 1990Term endedMarch 8, 2003

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