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Assembly including an optical fibre secured in a wall

EP 0184874 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed November 19, 1985 and granted April 18, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 19, 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 19, 2011.
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FiledNovember 19, 1985
PublishedJune 18, 1986
GrantedApril 18, 1990
Term endedNovember 19, 2005
Application numberEP 85201891
Classification (CPC)G02B6/4428

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 19, 1985PublishedJune 18, 1986Patent grantedApril 18, 1990Term endedNov 19, 2005

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