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Reading head and method for production of said head

EP 1014043 B1 · Applicant: Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH

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  • Filed December 11, 1999 and granted November 6, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 11, 2019.
  • 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 June 11, 2025.
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FiledDecember 11, 1999
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedNovember 6, 2002
Term endedDecember 11, 2019
Application numberEP 99124695
Classification (CPC)G01D5/34715

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