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Device for objective and subjective refraction measurement

EP 0053680 B1 · Applicant: Firma Carl Zeiss

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  • Filed October 19, 1981 and granted March 7, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 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 April 19, 2007.
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FiledOctober 19, 1981
PublishedJune 16, 1982
GrantedMarch 7, 1984
Term endedOctober 19, 2001
Application numberEP 81108496
Classification (CPC)A61B3/028 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedOct 19, 1981PublishedJune 16, 1982Patent grantedMarch 7, 1984Term endedOct 19, 2001

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