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Suspension and translational guiding device for an apparatus and apparatus with such a device

EP 0819962 B1 · Applicant: ALCATEL

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  • Filed June 30, 1997 and granted August 27, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 30, 2017.
  • 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 December 30, 2022.
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FiledJune 30, 1997
PublishedJanuary 21, 1998
GrantedAugust 27, 2003
Term endedJune 30, 2017
Application numberEP 97401514
Classification (CPC)G02B7/023

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