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Photodetector

EP 0133367 B1 · Applicant: S.B. ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS LIMITED

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  • Filed August 1, 1984 and granted May 15, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 1, 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 February 1, 2010.
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FiledAugust 1, 1984
PublishedFebruary 20, 1985
GrantedMay 15, 1991
Term endedAugust 1, 2004
Application numberEP 84305230
Classification (CPC)G06K7/10811 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedAug 1, 1984PublishedFeb 20, 1985Patent grantedMay 15, 1991Term endedAug 1, 2004

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