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Method of making light guides

EP 0106752 B1 · Applicant: COMPAGNIE LYONNAISE DE TRANSMISSIONS OPTIQUES Société anonyme dite:

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  • Filed September 30, 1983 and granted May 18, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 30, 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 March 30, 2009.
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FiledSeptember 30, 1983
PublishedApril 25, 1984
GrantedMay 18, 1988
Term endedSeptember 30, 2003
Application numberEP 83401927
Classification (CPC)C03C17/02 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedSep 30, 1983PublishedApril 25, 1984Patent grantedMay 18, 1988Term endedSep 30, 2003

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