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Fiber optic amplifier

EP 0346951 B1 · Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY

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  • Filed September 20, 1984 and granted March 17, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 20, 2004.
  • 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 20, 2010.
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FiledSeptember 20, 1984
PublishedDecember 20, 1989
GrantedMarch 17, 1993
Term endedSeptember 20, 2004
Application numberEP 89115683
Classification (CPC)H01S3/094003

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedSep 20, 1984PublishedDec 20, 1989Patent grantedMarch 17, 1993Term endedSep 20, 2004

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