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Apparatus and method for making a shaped-spring assembly for use in a magnetic head-to-media backer device

EP 1154423 A2 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

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  • Filed April 13, 2001 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 13, 2021.
  • 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 October 13, 2026.
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FiledApril 13, 2001
PublishedNovember 14, 2001
GrantedNever granted
Term endedApril 13, 2021
Application numberEP 01201357
Classification (CPC)G11B15/62 +1 more

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