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Cassette accommodating method and index card for cassette case

EP 0446629 B1 · Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.

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  • Filed February 12, 1991 and granted June 4, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 12, 2011.
  • 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 August 12, 2016.
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FiledFebruary 12, 1991
PublishedSeptember 18, 1991
GrantedJune 4, 1997
Term endedFebruary 12, 2011
Application numberEP 91101948
Classification (CPC)G11B23/40 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedFeb 12, 1991PublishedSep 18, 1991Patent grantedJune 4, 1997Term endedFeb 12, 2011

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