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Magneto-optical reproducing apparatus

EP 1020854 A2 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Listed from its EPO record in Patent Yard's archive of European patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the EPO PDF and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.

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  • Filed March 30, 1994 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 30, 2014.
  • 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 September 30, 2019.
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FiledMarch 30, 1994
PublishedJuly 19, 2000
GrantedNever granted
Term endedMarch 30, 2014
Application numberEP 00200724
Classification (CPC)G11B11/10582 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMarch 30, 1994PublishedJuly 19, 2000Term endedMarch 30, 2014

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