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Discharge lamp operation apparatus

EP 0138554 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed October 9, 1984 and granted August 24, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 9, 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 April 9, 2010.
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FiledOctober 9, 1984
PublishedApril 24, 1985
GrantedAugust 24, 1988
Term endedOctober 9, 2004
Application numberEP 84306870
Classification (CPC)H01J61/12 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 9, 1984PublishedApril 24, 1985Patent grantedAug 24, 1988Term endedOct 9, 2004

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