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Vacuum apparatus for holding workpieces

EP 0298564 B1 · Applicant: Philips and Du Pont Optical Company

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  • Filed July 6, 1988 and granted September 30, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 6, 2008.
  • 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 January 6, 2014.
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FiledJuly 6, 1988
PublishedJanuary 11, 1989
GrantedSeptember 30, 1992
Term endedJuly 6, 2008
Application numberEP 88201409
Classification (CPC)G03F7/707 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJuly 6, 1988PublishedJan 11, 1989Patent grantedSep 30, 1992Term endedJuly 6, 2008

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