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Magnetic recording medium comprising acicular alloy magnetic powder

EP 0367159 B1 · Applicant: Hitachi Maxell Ltd.

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  • Filed October 28, 1989 and granted May 24, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 28, 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 28, 2015.
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FiledOctober 28, 1989
PublishedMay 9, 1990
GrantedMay 24, 1995
Term endedOctober 28, 2009
Application numberEP 89120050
Classification (CPC)G11B5/714 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedOct 28, 1989PublishedMay 9, 1990Patent grantedMay 24, 1995Term endedOct 28, 2009

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