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Magnetic tape cassette with improved spring member

EP 0189989 B1 · Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

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  • Filed January 16, 1986 and granted July 3, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 16, 2006.
  • 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 July 16, 2011.
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FiledJanuary 16, 1986
PublishedAugust 6, 1986
GrantedJuly 3, 1991
Term endedJanuary 16, 2006
Application numberEP 86300279
Classification (CPC)G11B23/08735

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJan 16, 1986PublishedAug 6, 1986Patent grantedJuly 3, 1991Term endedJan 16, 2006

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