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A position control system for a numerical-controlled machine tool

EP 0050168 A2 · Applicant: FANUC LTD.

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  • Filed October 3, 1980 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 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 April 3, 2006.
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FiledOctober 3, 1980
PublishedApril 28, 1982
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 3, 2000
Application numberEP 80303493
Classification (CPC)G05B5/01 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedOct 3, 1980PublishedApril 28, 1982Term endedOct 3, 2000

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