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Process for producing optical fibres

EP 0187405 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed November 25, 1985 and granted March 14, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 25, 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 25, 2011.
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FiledNovember 25, 1985
PublishedJuly 16, 1986
GrantedMarch 14, 1990
Term endedNovember 25, 2005
Application numberEP 85201944
Classification (CPC)C03B37/0183

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 25, 1985PublishedJuly 16, 1986Patent grantedMarch 14, 1990Term endedNov 25, 2005

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