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Device for reading optical magnetic characters with a printing and storing possibility

EP 0168280 B1 · Applicant: ELECTRONIQUE SERGE DASSAULT

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  • Filed May 31, 1985 and granted November 22, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 31, 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 1, 2010.
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FiledMay 31, 1985
PublishedJanuary 15, 1986
GrantedNovember 22, 1990
Term endedMay 31, 2005
Application numberEP 85401082
Classification (CPC)G06K17/00 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMay 31, 1985PublishedJan 15, 1986Patent grantedNov 22, 1990Term endedMay 31, 2005

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