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EP 0198576 B1 · Applicant: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.

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  • Filed February 13, 1986 and granted January 10, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 13, 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 August 13, 2011.
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FiledFebruary 13, 1986
PublishedOctober 22, 1986
GrantedJanuary 10, 1990
Term endedFebruary 13, 2006
Application numberEP 86300999
Classification (CPC)G04C3/005

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedFeb 13, 1986PublishedOct 22, 1986Patent grantedJan 10, 1990Term endedFeb 13, 2006

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