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Electric field induced quantum well waveguides

EP 0470249 B1 · Applicant: AMOCO CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 15, 1991 and granted June 26, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 15, 2011.
  • 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 August 15, 2016.
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FiledFebruary 15, 1991
PublishedFebruary 12, 1992
GrantedJune 26, 1996
Term endedFebruary 15, 2011
Application numberEP 91908490
Classification (CPC)G02F1/01708 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedFeb 15, 1991PublishedFeb 12, 1992Patent grantedJune 26, 1996Term endedFeb 15, 2011

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