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Automatic eye refractive power measuring apparatus

EP 0189350 B1 · Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON

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  • Filed January 21, 1986 and granted April 6, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 21, 2006.
  • 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 21, 2011.
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FiledJanuary 21, 1986
PublishedJuly 30, 1986
GrantedApril 6, 1994
Term endedJanuary 21, 2006
Application numberEP 86400116
Classification (CPC)A61B3/103

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJan 21, 1986PublishedJuly 30, 1986Patent grantedApril 6, 1994Term endedJan 21, 2006

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