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EP 0472136 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed August 19, 1991 and granted March 26, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 19, 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 February 19, 2017.
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FiledAugust 19, 1991
PublishedFebruary 26, 1992
GrantedMarch 26, 1997
Term endedAugust 19, 2011
Application numberEP 91113846
Classification (CPC)H01S3/005 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 19, 1991PublishedFeb 26, 1992Patent grantedMarch 26, 1997Term endedAug 19, 2011

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