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Optoelectronic viewing assembly

EP 0402601 B1 · Applicant: Firma Carl Zeiss

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  • Filed April 30, 1990 and granted June 28, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 30, 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 30, 2015.
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FiledApril 30, 1990
PublishedDecember 19, 1990
GrantedJune 28, 1995
Term endedApril 30, 2010
Application numberEP 90108234
Classification (CPC)G02B23/02 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedApril 30, 1990PublishedDec 19, 1990Patent grantedJune 28, 1995Term endedApril 30, 2010

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