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Variable-surface mirror in an adaptive optical system

EP 0242844 B1 · Applicant: LASERDOT

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  • Filed April 21, 1987 and granted June 19, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 21, 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 October 21, 2012.
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FiledApril 21, 1987
PublishedOctober 28, 1987
GrantedJune 19, 1991
Term endedApril 21, 2007
Application numberEP 87105825
Classification (CPC)G02B26/06

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 21, 1987PublishedOct 28, 1987Patent grantedJune 19, 1991Term endedApril 21, 2007

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