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Electro-optical device

EP 0240041 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed February 18, 1987 and granted September 12, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 18, 2007.
  • 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 18, 2012.
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FiledFebruary 18, 1987
PublishedOctober 7, 1987
GrantedSeptember 12, 1990
Term endedFebruary 18, 2007
Application numberEP 87200259
Classification (CPC)G11B7/093 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedFeb 18, 1987PublishedOct 7, 1987Patent grantedSep 12, 1990Term endedFeb 18, 2007

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