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A spindle motor for disk driving device

EP 1079385 A2 · Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.

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  • Filed February 5, 2000 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 5, 2020.
  • 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 5, 2025.
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FiledFebruary 5, 2000
PublishedFebruary 28, 2001
GrantedNever granted
Term endedFebruary 5, 2020
Application numberEP 00102495
Classification (CPC)H02K5/24 +2 more

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