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Area machining method

EP 0175792 B1 · Applicant: FANUC LTD.

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  • Filed December 14, 1984 and granted August 21, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 14, 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 14, 2010.
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FiledDecember 14, 1984
PublishedApril 2, 1986
GrantedAugust 21, 1991
Term endedDecember 14, 2004
Application numberEP 85900186
Classification (CPC)G05B19/41

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedDec 14, 1984PublishedApril 2, 1986Patent grantedAug 21, 1991Term endedDec 14, 2004

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