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Laser interferometer with optical feedback isolation

EP 0342885 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company

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  • Filed May 12, 1989 and granted April 12, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 12, 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 November 12, 2014.
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FiledMay 12, 1989
PublishedNovember 23, 1989
GrantedApril 12, 1995
Term endedMay 12, 2009
Application numberEP 89304859
Classification (CPC)G01J9/02 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMay 12, 1989PublishedNov 23, 1989Patent grantedApril 12, 1995Term endedMay 12, 2009

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