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Fiber optic bypass switch

EP 0299604 B1 · Applicant: KAPTRON INC.

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  • Filed May 23, 1988 and granted March 10, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 23, 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 November 23, 2013.
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FiledMay 23, 1988
PublishedJanuary 18, 1989
GrantedMarch 10, 1993
Term endedMay 23, 2008
Application numberEP 88304666
Classification (CPC)G02B6/358 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMay 23, 1988PublishedJan 18, 1989Patent grantedMarch 10, 1993Term endedMay 23, 2008

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