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Optical sensor system to determine the position of objects

EP 0110146 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed October 27, 1983 and granted December 28, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 27, 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 April 27, 2009.
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FiledOctober 27, 1983
PublishedJune 13, 1984
GrantedDecember 28, 1988
Term endedOctober 27, 2003
Application numberEP 83110759
Classification (CPC)B07C5/02 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedOct 27, 1983PublishedJune 13, 1984Patent grantedDec 28, 1988Term endedOct 27, 2003

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