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Piezoelectric crystal element based in GaPO4

EP 0370996 B1 · Applicant: AVL Gesellschaft für Verbrennungskraftmaschinen und Messtechnik mbH.Prof.Dr.Dr.h.c. Hans List

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  • Filed October 10, 1989 and granted January 12, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 10, 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 April 10, 2015.
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FiledOctober 10, 1989
PublishedMay 30, 1990
GrantedJanuary 12, 1994
Term endedOctober 10, 2009
Application numberEP 89890267
Classification (CPC)H03H9/02039

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedOct 10, 1989PublishedMay 30, 1990Patent grantedJan 12, 1994Term endedOct 10, 2009

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