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Magnetic recording medium

EP 0716414 B1 · Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.

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  • Filed June 21, 1995 and granted April 23, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 21, 2015.
  • 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 21, 2020.
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FiledJune 21, 1995
PublishedJune 12, 1996
GrantedApril 23, 2003
Term endedJune 21, 2015
Application numberEP 95922737
Classification (CPC)G11B5/73937

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJune 21, 1995PublishedJune 12, 1996Patent grantedApril 23, 2003Term endedJune 21, 2015

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