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High-resolution optical disk for recording stereoscopic video, optical disk reproducing device, and optical disk recording device

EP 0888018 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed February 28, 1997 and granted June 7, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 28, 2017.
  • 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 August 28, 2022.
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FiledFebruary 28, 1997
PublishedDecember 30, 1998
GrantedJune 7, 2006
Term endedFebruary 28, 2017
Application numberEP 97903634
Classification (CPC)H04N5/04 +2 more

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedFeb 28, 1997PublishedDec 30, 1998Patent grantedJune 7, 2006Term endedFeb 28, 2017

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