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An automatic servo gain calibration system for a disk drive

EP 0361222 B1 · Applicant: QUANTUM CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 14, 1989 and granted May 24, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 14, 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 March 14, 2015.
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FiledSeptember 14, 1989
PublishedApril 4, 1990
GrantedMay 24, 1995
Term endedSeptember 14, 2009
Application numberEP 89117036
Classification (CPC)G11B5/5534

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedSep 14, 1989PublishedApril 4, 1990Patent grantedMay 24, 1995Term endedSep 14, 2009

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