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Degenerate four-wave mixer using multiple quantum well structures

EP 0137033 B1 · Applicant: AT&T Corp.

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  • Filed February 23, 1984 and granted January 8, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 23, 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 August 23, 2009.
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FiledFebruary 23, 1984
PublishedApril 17, 1985
GrantedJanuary 8, 1992
Term endedFebruary 23, 2004
Application numberEP 84901164
Classification (CPC)G02F1/3556 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedFeb 23, 1984PublishedApril 17, 1985Patent grantedJan 8, 1992Term endedFeb 23, 2004

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