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EP 0182602 B1 · Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 13, 1985 and granted March 11, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 13, 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 May 13, 2011.
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FiledNovember 13, 1985
PublishedMay 28, 1986
GrantedMarch 11, 1992
Term endedNovember 13, 2005
Application numberEP 85308269
Classification (CPC)H03H17/0202

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 13, 1985PublishedMay 28, 1986Patent grantedMarch 11, 1992Term endedNov 13, 2005

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