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EP 0561621 B1 · Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.

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  • Filed March 17, 1993 and granted November 29, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 17, 2013.
  • 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 September 17, 2018.
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FiledMarch 17, 1993
PublishedSeptember 22, 1993
GrantedNovember 29, 1995
Term endedMarch 17, 2013
Application numberEP 93302006
Classification (CPC)H01J31/50

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedMarch 17, 1993PublishedSep 22, 1993Patent grantedNov 29, 1995Term endedMarch 17, 2013

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