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Polarizing film

EP 0366803 B1 · Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.

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  • Filed March 6, 1989 and granted February 15, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 6, 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 6, 2014.
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FiledMarch 6, 1989
PublishedMay 9, 1990
GrantedFebruary 15, 1995
Term endedMarch 6, 2009
Application numberEP 89903267
Classification (CPC)G02B1/08 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMarch 6, 1989PublishedMay 9, 1990Patent grantedFeb 15, 1995Term endedMarch 6, 2009

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