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Michelson-type interferometer with a photo-refractive mirror

EP 0079268 B1 · Applicant: THOMSON-CSF

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  • Filed October 27, 1982 and granted July 22, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 27, 2002.
  • 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 27, 2008.
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FiledOctober 27, 1982
PublishedMay 18, 1983
GrantedJuly 22, 1987
Term endedOctober 27, 2002
Application numberEP 82401987
Classification (CPC)G01J9/02 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedOct 27, 1982PublishedMay 18, 1983Patent grantedJuly 22, 1987Term endedOct 27, 2002

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