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Pre-engraved mobile record carrier and optical tracking device therefor

EP 0369989 B1 · Applicant: THOMSON-CSF

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  • Filed March 2, 1983 and granted August 31, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 2, 2003.
  • 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 September 2, 2008.
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FiledMarch 2, 1983
PublishedMay 23, 1990
GrantedAugust 31, 1994
Term endedMarch 2, 2003
Application numberEP 90100358
Classification (CPC)G11B7/24 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMarch 2, 1983PublishedMay 23, 1990Patent grantedAug 31, 1994Term endedMarch 2, 2003

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