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Apparatus for recording and/or reproducing signals on an information carrier provided with a loading mechanism for loading the information carrier

EP 0128629 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed June 13, 1984 and granted November 28, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 13, 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 December 13, 2009.
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FiledJune 13, 1984
PublishedDecember 19, 1984
GrantedNovember 28, 1990
Term endedJune 13, 2004
Application numberEP 84200837
Classification (CPC)G11B17/035 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJune 13, 1984PublishedDec 19, 1984Patent grantedNov 28, 1990Term endedJune 13, 2004

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