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Dielectric rotary coupler

EP 0179413 B1 · Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 18, 1985 and granted January 30, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 18, 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 April 18, 2011.
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FiledOctober 18, 1985
PublishedApril 30, 1986
GrantedJanuary 30, 1991
Term endedOctober 18, 2005
Application numberEP 85113243
Classification (CPC)H01P1/068

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedOct 18, 1985PublishedApril 30, 1986Patent grantedJan 30, 1991Term endedOct 18, 2005

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