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Device for examining the eye, in particular the human eye

EP 0664684 B1 · Applicant: TOMEY AG

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  • Filed October 14, 1993 and granted January 28, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 14, 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 April 14, 2019.
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FiledOctober 14, 1993
PublishedAugust 2, 1995
GrantedJanuary 28, 1998
Term endedOctober 14, 2013
Application numberEP 93922499
Classification (CPC)A61B3/16 +1 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedOct 14, 1993PublishedAug 2, 1995Patent grantedJan 28, 1998Term endedOct 14, 2013

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