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Device for producing an image

EP 0696875 B1 · Applicant: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.

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  • Filed July 27, 1995 and granted November 14, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 27, 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 January 27, 2021.
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FiledJuly 27, 1995
PublishedFebruary 14, 1996
GrantedNovember 14, 2001
Term endedJuly 27, 2015
Application numberEP 95111811
Classification (CPC)H04N9/3129

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJuly 27, 1995PublishedFeb 14, 1996Patent grantedNov 14, 2001Term endedJuly 27, 2015

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