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A device for detecting the focused state of an optical system

EP 0080340 B1 · Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed November 19, 1982 and granted August 27, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 19, 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 May 19, 2008.
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FiledNovember 19, 1982
PublishedJune 1, 1983
GrantedAugust 27, 1986
Term endedNovember 19, 2002
Application numberEP 82306169
Classification (CPC)G02B7/32

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedNov 19, 1982PublishedJune 1, 1983Patent grantedAug 27, 1986Term endedNov 19, 2002

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