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Servo device for disc player

EP 0362987 B1 · Applicant: PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION

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  • Filed July 12, 1989 and granted February 2, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 12, 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 January 12, 2015.
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FiledJuly 12, 1989
PublishedApril 11, 1990
GrantedFebruary 2, 1994
Term endedJuly 12, 2009
Application numberEP 89307065
Classification (CPC)G11B7/0941

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedJuly 12, 1989PublishedApril 11, 1990Patent grantedFeb 2, 1994Term endedJuly 12, 2009

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