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Method of determining the refractive index profile of an optical fibre

EP 0029195 B1 · Applicant: CSELT Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecomunicazioni S.p.A.

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  • Filed November 10, 1980 and granted February 8, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 10, 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 May 10, 2006.
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FiledNovember 10, 1980
PublishedMay 27, 1981
GrantedFebruary 8, 1984
Term endedNovember 10, 2000
Application numberEP 80106913
Classification (CPC)G01N21/412

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedNov 10, 1980PublishedMay 27, 1981Patent grantedFeb 8, 1984Term endedNov 10, 2000

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