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Integrated drive system for hard disk memory

EP 0184159 B1 · Applicant: PAPST-MOTOREN GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed November 29, 1985 and granted January 19, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 29, 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 29, 2011.
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FiledNovember 29, 1985
PublishedJune 11, 1986
GrantedJanuary 19, 1994
Term endedNovember 29, 2005
Application numberEP 85115195
Classification (CPC)G11B25/06 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 29, 1985PublishedJune 11, 1986Patent grantedJan 19, 1994Term endedNov 29, 2005

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