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Optical elements for radiation comprising graphite films

EP 0331375 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed February 24, 1989 and granted August 23, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 24, 2009.
  • 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 August 24, 2014.
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FiledFebruary 24, 1989
PublishedSeptember 6, 1989
GrantedAugust 23, 1995
Term endedFebruary 24, 2009
Application numberEP 89301868
Classification (CPC)B82Y10/00 +1 more

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