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Magnetic-tape cassette apparatus with two push buttons

EP 0202716 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed May 20, 1986 and granted July 25, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 20, 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 November 20, 2011.
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FiledMay 20, 1986
PublishedNovember 26, 1986
GrantedJuly 25, 1990
Term endedMay 20, 2006
Application numberEP 86200853
Classification (CPC)G11B15/106

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedMay 20, 1986PublishedNov 26, 1986Patent grantedJuly 25, 1990Term endedMay 20, 2006

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