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Semiconductor laser device

EP 0695005 B1 · Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed April 15, 1993 and granted June 26, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 15, 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 October 15, 2018.
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FiledApril 15, 1993
PublishedJanuary 31, 1996
GrantedJune 26, 2002
Term endedApril 15, 2013
Application numberEP 95115694
Classification (CPC)B82Y20/00 +1 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedApril 15, 1993PublishedJan 31, 1996Patent grantedJune 26, 2002Term endedApril 15, 2013

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