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Apparatus for ophthalmological surgery

EP 0151869 B1 · Applicant: L'Esperance, Francis A.

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  • Filed November 16, 1984 and granted January 31, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 16, 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 May 16, 2010.
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FiledNovember 16, 1984
PublishedAugust 21, 1985
GrantedJanuary 31, 1990
Term endedNovember 16, 2004
Application numberEP 84307972
Classification (CPC)B23K26/08 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedNov 16, 1984PublishedAug 21, 1985Patent grantedJan 31, 1990Term endedNov 16, 2004

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