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System for optical monitoring of machine positions

EP 0189573 A2 · Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 16, 1985 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 16, 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 June 16, 2011.
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FiledDecember 16, 1985
PublishedAugust 6, 1986
GrantedNever granted
Term endedDecember 16, 2005
Application numberEP 85116004
Classification (CPC)B25J9/1676 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedDec 16, 1985PublishedAug 6, 1986Term endedDec 16, 2005

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