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Switching laser beam apparatus for optical recording

EP 0147006 B1 · Applicant: CONTROL DATA CORPORATION

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  • Filed August 14, 1984 and granted July 11, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 14, 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 February 14, 2010.
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FiledAugust 14, 1984
PublishedJuly 3, 1985
GrantedJuly 11, 1990
Term endedAugust 14, 2004
Application numberEP 84305526
Classification (CPC)G11B7/12 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedAug 14, 1984PublishedJuly 3, 1985Patent grantedJuly 11, 1990Term endedAug 14, 2004

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