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Broadband optical fiber laser

EP 0366756 B1 · Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY

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  • Filed March 30, 1989 and granted July 29, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 30, 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 30, 2014.
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FiledMarch 30, 1989
PublishedMay 9, 1990
GrantedJuly 29, 1998
Term endedMarch 30, 2009
Application numberEP 89905275
Classification (CPC)G01C19/721 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMarch 30, 1989PublishedMay 9, 1990Patent grantedJuly 29, 1998Term endedMarch 30, 2009

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