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Magnetic recording media

EP 0194675 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed March 12, 1986 and granted June 7, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 12, 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 September 12, 2011.
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FiledMarch 12, 1986
PublishedSeptember 17, 1986
GrantedJune 7, 1989
Term endedMarch 12, 2006
Application numberEP 86103348
Classification (CPC)G11B5/727

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedMarch 12, 1986PublishedSep 17, 1986Patent grantedJune 7, 1989Term endedMarch 12, 2006

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