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A magnetic disk sampled amplitude read channel employing interpolated timing recovery for synchronous detection of embedded servo data

EP 0777211 B1 · Applicant: CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.

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  • Filed December 2, 1996 and granted April 3, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 2, 2016.
  • 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 June 2, 2022.
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FiledDecember 2, 1996
PublishedJune 4, 1997
GrantedApril 3, 2002
Term endedDecember 2, 2016
Application numberEP 96119296
Classification (CPC)G11B20/10009 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedDec 2, 1996PublishedJune 4, 1997Patent grantedApril 3, 2002Term endedDec 2, 2016

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