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Numerical controlling method and system

EP 0025666 B1 · Applicant: FANUC LTD.

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  • Filed September 3, 1980 and granted December 10, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 3, 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 March 3, 2006.
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FiledSeptember 3, 1980
PublishedMarch 25, 1981
GrantedDecember 10, 1986
Term endedSeptember 3, 2000
Application numberEP 80303063
Classification (CPC)G05B19/408

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedSep 3, 1980PublishedMarch 25, 1981Patent grantedDec 10, 1986Term endedSep 3, 2000

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