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Discharge lamp

EP 0052500 B1 · Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed November 16, 1981 and granted June 11, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 16, 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 May 16, 2007.
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FiledNovember 16, 1981
PublishedMay 26, 1982
GrantedJune 11, 1986
Term endedNovember 16, 2001
Application numberEP 81305405
Classification (CPC)H01J61/30

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedNov 16, 1981PublishedMay 26, 1982Patent grantedJune 11, 1986Term endedNov 16, 2001

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