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EP 0660144 B1 · Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 23, 1990 and granted September 1, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 23, 2010.
  • 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 May 23, 2016.
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FiledNovember 23, 1990
PublishedJune 28, 1995
GrantedSeptember 1, 1999
Term endedNovember 23, 2010
Application numberEP 95102515
Classification (CPC)G02B6/3807 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedNov 23, 1990PublishedJune 28, 1995Patent grantedSep 1, 1999Term endedNov 23, 2010

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