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Planar type galvanomirror having a displacement detecting function and method for producing the same

EP 0692729 B1 · Applicant: THE NIPPON SIGNAL CO. LTD.

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  • Filed January 23, 1995 and granted April 9, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 23, 2015.
  • 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 July 23, 2020.
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FiledJanuary 23, 1995
PublishedJanuary 17, 1996
GrantedApril 9, 2003
Term endedJanuary 23, 2015
Application numberEP 95906502
Classification (CPC)G02B26/0816 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJan 23, 1995PublishedJan 17, 1996Patent grantedApril 9, 2003Term endedJan 23, 2015

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