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Numerical control method

EP 0171435 B1 · Applicant: FANUC LTD.

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  • Filed January 26, 1985 and granted September 25, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 26, 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 July 26, 2010.
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FiledJanuary 26, 1985
PublishedFebruary 19, 1986
GrantedSeptember 25, 1991
Term endedJanuary 26, 2005
Application numberEP 85900755
Classification (CPC)G05B19/4067

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJan 26, 1985PublishedFeb 19, 1986Patent grantedSep 25, 1991Term endedJan 26, 2005

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