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Remote control apparatus

EP 0176965 B1 · Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 26, 1985 and granted June 13, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 26, 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 March 26, 2011.
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FiledSeptember 26, 1985
PublishedApril 9, 1986
GrantedJune 13, 1990
Term endedSeptember 26, 2005
Application numberEP 85112220
Classification (CPC)G05B19/10 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedSep 26, 1985PublishedApril 9, 1986Patent grantedJune 13, 1990Term endedSep 26, 2005

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