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Discharge arc lamp

EP 0315445 B1 · Applicant: GE LIGHTING LIMITED

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  • Filed November 3, 1988 and granted November 23, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 3, 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 May 3, 2014.
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FiledNovember 3, 1988
PublishedMay 10, 1989
GrantedNovember 23, 1994
Term endedNovember 3, 2008
Application numberEP 88310343
Classification (CPC)H01J61/24 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedNov 3, 1988PublishedMay 10, 1989Patent grantedNov 23, 1994Term endedNov 3, 2008

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