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Apparatus for detecting tapping of light energy from an optical fiber

EP 0136271 B1 · Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON

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  • Filed June 25, 1984 and granted May 27, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 25, 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 December 25, 2009.
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FiledJune 25, 1984
PublishedApril 3, 1985
GrantedMay 27, 1987
Term endedJune 25, 2004
Application numberEP 84850200
Classification (CPC)H04B10/07 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJune 25, 1984PublishedApril 3, 1985Patent grantedMay 27, 1987Term endedJune 25, 2004

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