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Method and device for calculating relationship between pre-edged lens and spectacle lens

EP 0160985 B1 · Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON

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  • Filed May 8, 1985 and granted August 11, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 8, 2005.
  • 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 November 8, 2010.
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FiledMay 8, 1985
PublishedNovember 13, 1985
GrantedAugust 11, 1993
Term endedMay 8, 2005
Application numberEP 85105655
Classification (CPC)G02C13/003 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMay 8, 1985PublishedNov 13, 1985Patent grantedAug 11, 1993Term endedMay 8, 2005

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