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An optical ray deflection apparatus

EP 0040302 B1 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed March 12, 1981 and granted July 1, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 12, 2001.
  • 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 September 12, 2006.
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FiledMarch 12, 1981
PublishedNovember 25, 1981
GrantedJuly 1, 1987
Term endedMarch 12, 2001
Application numberEP 81101824
Classification (CPC)G02B26/08 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMarch 12, 1981PublishedNov 25, 1981Patent grantedJuly 1, 1987Term endedMarch 12, 2001

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