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Process and device for the contactless measuring of the position in situ and/or of the profiles of rough surfaces

EP 0126475 B1 · Applicant: Firma Carl Zeiss

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  • Filed May 19, 1984 and granted March 15, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 19, 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 19, 2009.
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FiledMay 19, 1984
PublishedNovember 28, 1984
GrantedMarch 15, 1989
Term endedMay 19, 2004
Application numberEP 84105763
Classification (CPC)G01B11/303 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMay 19, 1984PublishedNov 28, 1984Patent grantedMarch 15, 1989Term endedMay 19, 2004

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