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Apparatus for coating optical fiber or bundle of optical fibers with resin

EP 0527479 B1 · Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

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  • Filed August 12, 1992 and granted October 26, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 12, 2012.
  • 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 12, 2018.
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FiledAugust 12, 1992
PublishedFebruary 17, 1993
GrantedOctober 26, 1994
Term endedAugust 12, 2012
Application numberEP 92113742
Classification (CPC)C03C25/12 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedAug 12, 1992PublishedFeb 17, 1993Patent grantedOct 26, 1994Term endedAug 12, 2012

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