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Liquid-crystal cell presenting a homeotropic structure, with birefringence compensation for this structure

EP 0162775 B1 · Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE

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  • Filed May 10, 1985 and granted August 3, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 10, 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 10, 2010.
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FiledMay 10, 1985
PublishedNovember 27, 1985
GrantedAugust 3, 1994
Term endedMay 10, 2005
Application numberEP 85400913
Classification (CPC)G02F1/13363

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMay 10, 1985PublishedNov 27, 1985Patent grantedAug 3, 1994Term endedMay 10, 2005

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