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PCM audio signal recording and/or reproducing apparatus

EP 0205181 B1 · Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

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  • Filed June 12, 1986 and granted February 10, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 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 December 12, 2011.
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FiledJune 12, 1986
PublishedDecember 17, 1986
GrantedFebruary 10, 1993
Term endedJune 12, 2006
Application numberEP 86108062
Classification (CPC)G11B20/10527 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJune 12, 1986PublishedDec 17, 1986Patent grantedFeb 10, 1993Term endedJune 12, 2006

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