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Magnetic head assembly

EP 0532012 A2 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed September 10, 1992 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 10, 2012.
  • 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 March 10, 2018.
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FiledSeptember 10, 1992
PublishedMarch 17, 1993
GrantedNever granted
Term endedSeptember 10, 2012
Application numberEP 92115529
Classification (CPC)G11B5/10 +2 more

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