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Semiconductor laser device

EP 0333418 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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  • Filed March 14, 1989 and granted October 19, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 14, 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 September 14, 2014.
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FiledMarch 14, 1989
PublishedSeptember 20, 1989
GrantedOctober 19, 1994
Term endedMarch 14, 2009
Application numberEP 89302466
Classification (CPC)H01S5/32325

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMarch 14, 1989PublishedSep 20, 1989Patent grantedOct 19, 1994Term endedMarch 14, 2009

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