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Device for centering optical lenses for mechanical clamping, especially during bevelling and facetting

EP 0322579 B1 · Applicant: Wilhelm Loh Wetzlar Optikmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed November 30, 1988 and granted February 3, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 30, 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 30, 2014.
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FiledNovember 30, 1988
PublishedJuly 5, 1989
GrantedFebruary 3, 1993
Term endedNovember 30, 2008
Application numberEP 88119934
Classification (CPC)B24B9/146

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedNov 30, 1988PublishedJuly 5, 1989Patent grantedFeb 3, 1993Term endedNov 30, 2008

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