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Laser machining apparatus

EP 1018395 B1 · Applicant: FANUC LTD

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  • Filed November 2, 1999 and granted July 29, 2009. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 2, 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 May 2, 2025.
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FiledNovember 2, 1999
PublishedJuly 12, 2000
GrantedJuly 29, 2009
Term endedNovember 2, 2019
Application numberEP 99308696
Classification (CPC)B23K26/142 +2 more

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