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Method of thermomagnetic recording of information and optical read-out of the stored information, and also a recording element suitable for use in this method

EP 0376375 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed December 18, 1989 and granted March 15, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 18, 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 June 18, 2015.
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FiledDecember 18, 1989
PublishedJuly 4, 1990
GrantedMarch 15, 1995
Term endedDecember 18, 2009
Application numberEP 89203214
Classification (CPC)G11B11/10582

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