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Expandable carriage for spot-film device

EP 0182285 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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  • Filed November 14, 1985 and granted June 12, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 14, 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 May 14, 2011.
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FiledNovember 14, 1985
PublishedMay 28, 1986
GrantedJune 12, 1991
Term endedNovember 14, 2005
Application numberEP 85114471
Classification (CPC)G03B42/025

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 14, 1985PublishedMay 28, 1986Patent grantedJune 12, 1991Term endedNov 14, 2005

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