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RF tracking servo for VTR

EP 0389293 B1 · Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 23, 1990 and granted January 10, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 23, 2010.
  • 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 23, 2015.
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FiledMarch 23, 1990
PublishedSeptember 26, 1990
GrantedJanuary 10, 1996
Term endedMarch 23, 2010
Application numberEP 90303124
Classification (CPC)G11B15/4672 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 23, 1990PublishedSep 26, 1990Patent grantedJan 10, 1996Term endedMarch 23, 2010

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