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Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

EP 0115075 B1 · Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed December 27, 1983 and granted June 16, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 27, 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 27, 2009.
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FiledDecember 27, 1983
PublishedAugust 8, 1984
GrantedJune 16, 1987
Term endedDecember 27, 2003
Application numberEP 83113142
Classification (CPC)G11B15/61 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedDec 27, 1983PublishedAug 8, 1984Patent grantedJune 16, 1987Term endedDec 27, 2003

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