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Optical rotary encoder

EP 0102241 B1 · Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed August 25, 1983 and granted June 7, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 25, 2003.
  • 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 February 25, 2009.
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FiledAugust 25, 1983
PublishedMarch 7, 1984
GrantedJune 7, 1989
Term endedAugust 25, 2003
Application numberEP 83304927
Classification (CPC)G01D5/24476 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedAug 25, 1983PublishedMarch 7, 1984Patent grantedJune 7, 1989Term endedAug 25, 2003

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