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A data storage device

EP 0766239 B1 · Applicant: ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC.

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  • Filed May 28, 1986 and granted December 27, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 28, 2006.
  • 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 November 28, 2011.
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FiledMay 28, 1986
PublishedApril 2, 1997
GrantedDecember 27, 2000
Term endedMay 28, 2006
Application numberEP 96117341
Classification (CPC)G11B7/241 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedMay 28, 1986PublishedApril 2, 1997Patent grantedDec 27, 2000Term endedMay 28, 2006

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