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Detector for alkaline-metal vapours

EP 0192008 B1 · Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES

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  • Filed December 23, 1985 and granted January 24, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 23, 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 23, 2011.
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FiledDecember 23, 1985
PublishedAugust 27, 1986
GrantedJanuary 24, 1990
Term endedDecember 23, 2005
Application numberEP 85402598
Classification (CPC)G01N27/12

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedDec 23, 1985PublishedAug 27, 1986Patent grantedJan 24, 1990Term endedDec 23, 2005

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