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Apparatus for reproducing signals from both sides of discs

EP 0459531 A2 · Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

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  • Filed May 25, 1988 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 25, 2008.
  • 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 November 25, 2013.
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FiledMay 25, 1988
PublishedDecember 4, 1991
GrantedNever granted
Term endedMay 25, 2008
Application numberEP 91112805
Classification (CPC)G11B33/10 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMay 25, 1988PublishedDec 4, 1991Term endedMay 25, 2008

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