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Optical signal reading device

EP 0107461 B1 · Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed October 14, 1983 and granted May 6, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 14, 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 April 14, 2009.
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FiledOctober 14, 1983
PublishedMay 2, 1984
GrantedMay 6, 1987
Term endedOctober 14, 2003
Application numberEP 83306252
Classification (CPC)G11B7/12 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedOct 14, 1983PublishedMay 2, 1984Patent grantedMay 6, 1987Term endedOct 14, 2003

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