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Photochromic glass compositions for lightweight lenses

EP 0228159 B1 · Applicant: Corning Glass Works

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  • Filed October 20, 1986 and granted January 2, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 20, 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 April 20, 2012.
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FiledOctober 20, 1986
PublishedJuly 8, 1987
GrantedJanuary 2, 1992
Term endedOctober 20, 2006
Application numberEP 86308107
Classification (CPC)C03C4/06 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedOct 20, 1986PublishedJuly 8, 1987Patent grantedJan 2, 1992Term endedOct 20, 2006

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