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Fotosensitive device with locally adjustable exposure time

EP 0201373 B1 · Applicant: THOMSON-CSF

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  • Filed March 28, 1986 and granted December 27, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 28, 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 28, 2011.
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FiledMarch 28, 1986
PublishedDecember 17, 1986
GrantedDecember 27, 1990
Term endedMarch 28, 2006
Application numberEP 86400686
Classification (CPC)H04N25/76 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedMarch 28, 1986PublishedDec 17, 1986Patent grantedDec 27, 1990Term endedMarch 28, 2006

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