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Optical waveguide amplifier source gyroscope

EP 0470710 B1 · Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY

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  • Filed July 16, 1991 and granted January 17, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 16, 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 January 16, 2017.
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FiledJuly 16, 1991
PublishedFebruary 12, 1992
GrantedJanuary 17, 1996
Term endedJuly 16, 2011
Application numberEP 91306413
Classification (CPC)G01B9/0209 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJuly 16, 1991PublishedFeb 12, 1992Patent grantedJan 17, 1996Term endedJuly 16, 2011

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