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Device for a recording apparatus

EP 0339225 B1 · Applicant: Mannesmann VDO AG

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  • Filed March 10, 1989 and granted September 29, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 10, 2009.
  • 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 10, 2014.
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FiledMarch 10, 1989
PublishedNovember 2, 1989
GrantedSeptember 29, 1999
Term endedMarch 10, 2009
Application numberEP 89104276
Classification (CPC)G01D15/24 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMarch 10, 1989PublishedNov 2, 1989Patent grantedSep 29, 1999Term endedMarch 10, 2009

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