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Method and apparatus for circular interpolation

EP 0047653 B1 · Applicant: FANUC LTD.

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  • Filed September 7, 1981 and granted January 2, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 7, 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 March 7, 2007.
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FiledSeptember 7, 1981
PublishedMarch 17, 1982
GrantedJanuary 2, 1986
Term endedSeptember 7, 2001
Application numberEP 81304069
Classification (CPC)G05B19/41 +1 more

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