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EP 0698902 B1 · Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA INC.

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  • Filed August 24, 1995 and granted April 19, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 24, 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 February 24, 2021.
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FiledAugust 24, 1995
PublishedFebruary 28, 1996
GrantedApril 19, 2000
Term endedAugust 24, 2015
Application numberEP 95113334
Classification (CPC)H01J9/30 +1 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedAug 24, 1995PublishedFeb 28, 1996Patent grantedApril 19, 2000Term endedAug 24, 2015

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