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Apparatus and method for cueing a video tape recorder

EP 0360816 B1 · Applicant: AMPEX SYSTEMS CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 7, 1988 and granted June 21, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 7, 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 October 7, 2013.
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FiledApril 7, 1988
PublishedApril 4, 1990
GrantedJune 21, 1995
Term endedApril 7, 2008
Application numberEP 88904058
Classification (CPC)G11B15/005 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedApril 7, 1988PublishedApril 4, 1990Patent grantedJune 21, 1995Term endedApril 7, 2008

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