Expired European patentEurope
Apparatus to determine the diameter of spectacle glasses
EP 0021998 B1 · Applicant: Negroni, Jean Louis
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- Filed June 19, 1980 and granted May 30, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 19, 2000.
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FiledJune 19, 1980
PublishedJanuary 7, 1981
GrantedMay 30, 1984
Term endedJune 19, 2000
Application numberEP 80400903
Classification (CPC)G02C13/005
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