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Video signal recording and/or reproducing systems

EP 0471517 B1 · Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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  • Filed August 9, 1991 and granted November 20, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 9, 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 February 9, 2017.
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FiledAugust 9, 1991
PublishedFebruary 19, 1992
GrantedNovember 20, 1996
Term endedAugust 9, 2011
Application numberEP 91307342
Classification (CPC)H04N9/80 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 9, 1991PublishedFeb 19, 1992Patent grantedNov 20, 1996Term endedAug 9, 2011

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