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Optical amplifier

EP 0454865 B1 · Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED

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  • Filed November 16, 1990 and granted May 1, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 16, 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 May 16, 2016.
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FiledNovember 16, 1990
PublishedNovember 6, 1991
GrantedMay 1, 1996
Term endedNovember 16, 2010
Application numberEP 90916809
Classification (CPC)H01S3/094003 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedNov 16, 1990PublishedNov 6, 1991Patent grantedMay 1, 1996Term endedNov 16, 2010

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