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Optical recording apparatus

EP 0458975 B1 · Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 17, 1990 and granted May 7, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 17, 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 June 17, 2016.
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FiledDecember 17, 1990
PublishedDecember 4, 1991
GrantedMay 7, 1997
Term endedDecember 17, 2010
Application numberEP 91900322
Classification (CPC)G11B7/0045 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedDec 17, 1990PublishedDec 4, 1991Patent grantedMay 7, 1997Term endedDec 17, 2010

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