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Coordinate-measuring apparatus

EP 0342267 B1 · Applicant: Firma Carl Zeiss

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  • Filed September 26, 1988 and granted January 22, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 26, 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 March 26, 2014.
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FiledSeptember 26, 1988
PublishedNovember 23, 1989
GrantedJanuary 22, 1992
Term endedSeptember 26, 2008
Application numberEP 88115813
Classification (CPC)G01B11/005 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedSep 26, 1988PublishedNov 23, 1989Patent grantedJan 22, 1992Term endedSep 26, 2008

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