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Video signal recording and reproducing apparatus

EP 0170267 B1 · Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

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  • Filed July 30, 1985 and granted January 2, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 30, 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 January 30, 2011.
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FiledJuly 30, 1985
PublishedFebruary 5, 1986
GrantedJanuary 2, 1992
Term endedJuly 30, 2005
Application numberEP 85109593
Classification (CPC)H04N9/81

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 30, 1985PublishedFeb 5, 1986Patent grantedJan 2, 1992Term endedJuly 30, 2005

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