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Mr head read signal preconditioning circuitry

EP 0830669 B1 · Applicant: MAXTOR CORPORATION

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  • Filed May 23, 1996 and granted March 24, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 23, 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 November 23, 2021.
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FiledMay 23, 1996
PublishedMarch 25, 1998
GrantedMarch 24, 2004
Term endedMay 23, 2016
Application numberEP 96920491
Classification (CPC)G11B5/02 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedMay 23, 1996PublishedMarch 25, 1998Patent grantedMarch 24, 2004Term endedMay 23, 2016

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