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Optical element with a phototropic coating

EP 0146136 B1 · Applicant: Optische Werke G. Rodenstock

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  • Filed December 17, 1984 and granted May 16, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 17, 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 June 17, 2010.
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FiledDecember 17, 1984
PublishedJune 26, 1985
GrantedMay 16, 1990
Term endedDecember 17, 2004
Application numberEP 84115603
Classification (CPC)G03C1/685 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedDec 17, 1984PublishedJune 26, 1985Patent grantedMay 16, 1990Term endedDec 17, 2004

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