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Optical arrangement for optically coupling optical fibres

EP 0054411 B1 · Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED

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  • Filed December 10, 1981 and granted October 23, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 10, 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 June 10, 2007.
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FiledDecember 10, 1981
PublishedJune 23, 1982
GrantedOctober 23, 1985
Term endedDecember 10, 2001
Application numberEP 81305823
Classification (CPC)G02B5/30 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedDec 10, 1981PublishedJune 23, 1982Patent grantedOct 23, 1985Term endedDec 10, 2001

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