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Apparatus for magneto-optical information storage

EP 0107754 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed July 22, 1983 and granted June 8, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 22, 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 January 22, 2009.
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FiledJuly 22, 1983
PublishedMay 9, 1984
GrantedJune 8, 1988
Term endedJuly 22, 2003
Application numberEP 83107206
Classification (CPC)G11B11/10532

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJuly 22, 1983PublishedMay 9, 1984Patent grantedJune 8, 1988Term endedJuly 22, 2003

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