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Use of near infrared sensitive chromophores in optical recording media

EP 0275161 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION

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  • Filed January 11, 1988 and granted July 3, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 11, 2008.
  • 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 11, 2013.
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FiledJanuary 11, 1988
PublishedJuly 20, 1988
GrantedJuly 3, 1991
Term endedJanuary 11, 2008
Application numberEP 88300176
Classification (CPC)G11B7/244 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJan 11, 1988PublishedJuly 20, 1988Patent grantedJuly 3, 1991Term endedJan 11, 2008

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