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Process for optically aligning patterns in two planes close to one another and alignment device to realize such a process

EP 0010998 B1 · Applicant: THOMSON-CSF

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  • Filed September 5, 1979 and granted September 2, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 5, 1999.
  • 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 March 5, 2005.
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FiledSeptember 5, 1979
PublishedMay 14, 1980
GrantedSeptember 2, 1981
Term endedSeptember 5, 1999
Application numberEP 79400616
Classification (CPC)G03F9/7049

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedSep 5, 1979PublishedMay 14, 1980Patent grantedSep 2, 1981Term endedSep 5, 1999

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