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Laser diode control circuitry

EP 0117726 B1 · Applicant: MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY

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  • Filed February 23, 1984 and granted July 25, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 23, 2004.
  • 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 August 23, 2009.
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FiledFebruary 23, 1984
PublishedSeptember 5, 1984
GrantedJuly 25, 1990
Term endedFebruary 23, 2004
Application numberEP 84301177
Classification (CPC)G06K15/1209 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedFeb 23, 1984PublishedSep 5, 1984Patent grantedJuly 25, 1990Term endedFeb 23, 2004

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