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Device for manufacturing stranding elements comprising optical fibres

EP 0020189 B1 · Applicant: LIGNES TELEGRAPHIQUES ET TELEPHONIQUES L.T.T.

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  • Filed April 14, 1980 and granted December 21, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 14, 2000.
  • 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 14, 2005.
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FiledApril 14, 1980
PublishedDecember 10, 1980
GrantedDecember 21, 1983
Term endedApril 14, 2000
Application numberEP 80400491
Classification (CPC)G02B6/4489

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedApril 14, 1980PublishedDec 10, 1980Patent grantedDec 21, 1983Term endedApril 14, 2000

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