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Method for forming fresnel-type prism lens

EP 0320887 B1 · Applicant: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES LIMITED

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  • Filed December 13, 1988 and granted August 11, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 13, 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 June 13, 2014.
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FiledDecember 13, 1988
PublishedJune 21, 1989
GrantedAugust 11, 1993
Term endedDecember 13, 2008
Application numberEP 88120831
Classification (CPC)C03B11/082

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedDec 13, 1988PublishedJune 21, 1989Patent grantedAug 11, 1993Term endedDec 13, 2008

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