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Apparatus and method for dropout compensation

EP 0124281 B1 · Applicant: AMPEX CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 30, 1984 and granted November 2, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 30, 2004.
  • 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 30, 2009.
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FiledMarch 30, 1984
PublishedNovember 7, 1984
GrantedNovember 2, 1989
Term endedMarch 30, 2004
Application numberEP 84302201
Classification (CPC)H04N9/888

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMarch 30, 1984PublishedNov 7, 1984Patent grantedNov 2, 1989Term endedMarch 30, 2004

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