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Apparatus comprising Raman-active optical fiber

EP 0248517 B1 · Applicant: AT&T Corp.

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  • Filed April 21, 1987 and granted November 2, 1994. 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
PublishedDecember 9, 1987
GrantedNovember 2, 1994
Term endedApril 21, 2007
Application numberEP 87303459
Classification (CPC)H01S3/302 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 21, 1987PublishedDec 9, 1987Patent grantedNov 2, 1994Term endedApril 21, 2007

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