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Method of and device for optical fibre grating fabrication

EP 1014124 B1 · Applicant: OTC Optical Technologies Center

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  • Filed December 18, 1999 and granted November 13, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 18, 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 18, 2025.
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FiledDecember 18, 1999
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedNovember 13, 2002
Term endedDecember 18, 2019
Application numberEP 99125282
Classification (CPC)G02B6/02138

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