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Improvements in atom probes

EP 0231247 B1 · Applicant: CEREZO, Alfred

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  • Filed July 22, 1986 and granted October 10, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 22, 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 January 22, 2012.
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FiledJuly 22, 1986
PublishedAugust 12, 1987
GrantedOctober 10, 1990
Term endedJuly 22, 2006
Application numberEP 86904320
Classification (CPC)H01J49/0004 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJuly 22, 1986PublishedAug 12, 1987Patent grantedOct 10, 1990Term endedJuly 22, 2006

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