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Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing information including plural channel audio signals

EP 0381807 B1 · Applicant: PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION

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  • Filed July 27, 1989 and granted January 18, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 27, 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 27, 2015.
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FiledJuly 27, 1989
PublishedAugust 16, 1990
GrantedJanuary 18, 1995
Term endedJuly 27, 2009
Application numberEP 89113877
Classification (CPC)H04N5/91 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedJuly 27, 1989PublishedAug 16, 1990Patent grantedJan 18, 1995Term endedJuly 27, 2009

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