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Detector system for optical mouse

EP 0323980 B1 · Applicant: MOUSE SYSTEMS CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 24, 1987 and granted March 30, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 24, 2007.
  • 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 24, 2013.
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FiledNovember 24, 1987
PublishedJuly 19, 1989
GrantedMarch 30, 1994
Term endedNovember 24, 2007
Application numberEP 88900055
Classification (CPC)G06F3/0317

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedNov 24, 1987PublishedJuly 19, 1989Patent grantedMarch 30, 1994Term endedNov 24, 2007

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