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EP 0083136 B1 · Applicant: N.V. Optische Industrie "De Oude Delft"

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  • Filed December 21, 1982 and granted May 20, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 21, 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 June 21, 2008.
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FiledDecember 21, 1982
PublishedJuly 6, 1983
GrantedMay 20, 1987
Term endedDecember 21, 2002
Application numberEP 82201639
Classification (CPC)G02B17/0856 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedDec 21, 1982PublishedJuly 6, 1983Patent grantedMay 20, 1987Term endedDec 21, 2002

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