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Apparatus for providing extended versatility in a keyboard-controlled musical instrument

EP 0157978 B1 · Applicant: KEY CONCEPTS, INC

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  • Filed August 31, 1984 and granted May 24, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 31, 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 March 3, 2010.
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FiledAugust 31, 1984
PublishedOctober 16, 1985
GrantedMay 24, 1989
Term endedAugust 31, 2004
Application numberEP 84305988
Classification (CPC)G10H1/344 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedAug 31, 1984PublishedOct 16, 1985Patent grantedMay 24, 1989Term endedAug 31, 2004

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