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Rapid turn-on source for fiber optic gyroscope

EP 0696348 B1 · Applicant: HONEYWELL INC.

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  • Filed April 29, 1994 and granted March 18, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 29, 2014.
  • 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 29, 2019.
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FiledApril 29, 1994
PublishedFebruary 14, 1996
GrantedMarch 18, 1998
Term endedApril 29, 2014
Application numberEP 94916625
Classification (CPC)G01C19/721

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 29, 1994PublishedFeb 14, 1996Patent grantedMarch 18, 1998Term endedApril 29, 2014

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