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Opto-electronic device

EP 0246354 B1 · Applicant: Precitronic Gesellschaft für Feinmechanik und Electronic m.b.H

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  • Filed September 5, 1986 and granted December 2, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 5, 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 March 5, 2012.
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FiledSeptember 5, 1986
PublishedNovember 25, 1987
GrantedDecember 2, 1992
Term endedSeptember 5, 2006
Application numberEP 86112313
Classification (CPC)G01S17/87 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedSep 5, 1986PublishedNov 25, 1987Patent grantedDec 2, 1992Term endedSep 5, 2006

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