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Convergence apparatus for an image projector

EP 0194944 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE ELECTRONIQUE DE LA REGION PAYS DE LOIRE

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  • Filed March 11, 1986 and granted May 23, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 11, 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 September 11, 2011.
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FiledMarch 11, 1986
PublishedSeptember 17, 1986
GrantedMay 23, 1990
Term endedMarch 11, 2006
Application numberEP 86400518
Classification (CPC)H04N9/31 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedMarch 11, 1986PublishedSep 17, 1986Patent grantedMay 23, 1990Term endedMarch 11, 2006

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