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Processes for finishing guide rollers

EP 0168178 B1 · Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

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  • Filed June 12, 1985 and granted March 21, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 12, 2005.
  • 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 12, 2010.
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FiledJune 12, 1985
PublishedJanuary 15, 1986
GrantedMarch 21, 1990
Term endedJune 12, 2005
Application numberEP 85304176
Classification (CPC)B23B3/06 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJune 12, 1985PublishedJan 15, 1986Patent grantedMarch 21, 1990Term endedJune 12, 2005

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