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Magnifying lens device

EP 0396946 B1 · Applicant: Aristo Graphic Systeme GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed April 20, 1990 and granted July 22, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 20, 2010.
  • 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 October 20, 2015.
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FiledApril 20, 1990
PublishedNovember 14, 1990
GrantedJuly 22, 1992
Term endedApril 20, 2010
Application numberEP 90107499
Classification (CPC)G02B25/02

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedApril 20, 1990PublishedNov 14, 1990Patent grantedJuly 22, 1992Term endedApril 20, 2010

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