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Optical scanning apparatus

EP 0246872 A2 · Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION

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  • Filed May 20, 1987 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 20, 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 November 20, 2012.
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FiledMay 20, 1987
PublishedNovember 25, 1987
GrantedNever granted
Term endedMay 20, 2007
Application numberEP 87304468
Classification (CPC)G03B27/52 +1 more

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