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Control system with a microprocessor

EP 0127072 B1 · Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed May 16, 1984 and granted December 4, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 16, 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 16, 2009.
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FiledMay 16, 1984
PublishedDecember 5, 1984
GrantedDecember 4, 1991
Term endedMay 16, 2004
Application numberEP 84105588
Classification (CPC)G05B9/02 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMay 16, 1984PublishedDec 5, 1984Patent grantedDec 4, 1991Term endedMay 16, 2004

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