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EP 1677119 B1 · Applicant: TDK Corporation

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  • Filed November 23, 2005 and granted January 16, 2013. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 23, 2025.
  • Supplementary protection certificates extend only medicine and crop-protection patents, and it isn't classified as either.
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FiledNovember 23, 2005
PublishedJuly 5, 2006
GrantedJanuary 16, 2013
Term endedNovember 23, 2025
Application numberEP 05025583
Classification (CPC)G01R15/205

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