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Data recording and reproducing apparatus for use in an optical card

EP 0537801 B1 · Applicant: DAI NIPPON INSATSU KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed February 12, 1988 and granted May 1, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 12, 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 August 12, 2013.
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FiledFebruary 12, 1988
PublishedApril 21, 1993
GrantedMay 1, 1996
Term endedFebruary 12, 2008
Application numberEP 92121802
Classification (CPC)G11B19/20 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedFeb 12, 1988PublishedApril 21, 1993Patent grantedMay 1, 1996Term endedFeb 12, 2008

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