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Process and apparatus for thermoremanent duplication of magnetic tapes

EP 0113456 B1 · Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

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  • Filed December 13, 1983 and granted April 29, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 13, 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 June 13, 2009.
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FiledDecember 13, 1983
PublishedJuly 18, 1984
GrantedApril 29, 1987
Term endedDecember 13, 2003
Application numberEP 83112527
Classification (CPC)G11B5/865

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedDec 13, 1983PublishedJuly 18, 1984Patent grantedApril 29, 1987Term endedDec 13, 2003

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