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Magnetic-tape cassette apparatus with a control device

EP 0366191 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed October 19, 1989 and granted August 17, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 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 April 19, 2015.
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FiledOctober 19, 1989
PublishedMay 2, 1990
GrantedAugust 17, 1994
Term endedOctober 19, 2009
Application numberEP 89202642
Classification (CPC)G11B15/67505 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedOct 19, 1989PublishedMay 2, 1990Patent grantedAug 17, 1994Term endedOct 19, 2009

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