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Micro cassette tape recorder

US D257,975 S · Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · Inventors: Miki; Kunishige

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  • Granted January 20, 1981. A US design patent lasts 14 years from grant (15 if filed from May 13, 2015), so this one ended January 20, 1995.
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FiledSeptember 29, 1978
GrantedJanuary 20, 1981
Term endedJanuary 20, 1995
Application number05/947228
Classification (CPC)—
Length3 pages

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