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Method of controlling a numerically controlled machine tool

EP 0126388 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed May 10, 1984 and granted November 8, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 10, 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 November 10, 2009.
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FiledMay 10, 1984
PublishedNovember 28, 1984
GrantedNovember 8, 1989
Term endedMay 10, 2004
Application numberEP 84105288
Classification (CPC)G05B19/232

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMay 10, 1984PublishedNov 28, 1984Patent grantedNov 8, 1989Term endedMay 10, 2004

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