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Combined apparatus for eye testing

EP 0023918 B1 · Applicant: Firma Carl Zeiss

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  • Filed January 12, 1980 and granted May 16, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 12, 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 July 12, 2005.
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FiledJanuary 12, 1980
PublishedFebruary 18, 1981
GrantedMay 16, 1984
Term endedJanuary 12, 2000
Application numberEP 80900400
Classification (CPC)A61B3/0075 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedJan 12, 1980PublishedFeb 18, 1981Patent grantedMay 16, 1984Term endedJan 12, 2000

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