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Optical information recording/reproducing apparatus

EP 0630005 B1 · Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED

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  • Filed June 19, 1994 and granted August 29, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 19, 2014.
  • 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 December 19, 2019.
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FiledJune 19, 1994
PublishedDecember 21, 1994
GrantedAugust 29, 2001
Term endedJune 19, 2014
Application numberEP 94109460
Classification (CPC)G11B7/1353 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJune 19, 1994PublishedDec 21, 1994Patent grantedAug 29, 2001Term endedJune 19, 2014

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