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Laser diode element with excellent intermodulation distortion characteristic

EP 0753914 B1 · Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

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  • Filed January 7, 1994 and granted September 6, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 7, 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 July 7, 2019.
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FiledJanuary 7, 1994
PublishedJanuary 15, 1997
GrantedSeptember 6, 2000
Term endedJanuary 7, 2014
Application numberEP 96115482
Classification (CPC)H01S5/12

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJan 7, 1994PublishedJan 15, 1997Patent grantedSep 6, 2000Term endedJan 7, 2014

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