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Process for lubricating magnetic disks, and to magnetic disks

EP 0226279 B1 · Applicant: MAGNETIC PERIPHERALS INC.

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  • Filed September 30, 1986 and granted July 25, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 30, 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 March 30, 2012.
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FiledSeptember 30, 1986
PublishedJune 24, 1987
GrantedJuly 25, 1990
Term endedSeptember 30, 2006
Application numberEP 86307491
Classification (CPC)G11B5/7257

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedSep 30, 1986PublishedJune 24, 1987Patent grantedJuly 25, 1990Term endedSep 30, 2006

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