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Clamping device for spectacle lenses

EP 1021743 B1 · Applicant: Bline Optic Srl

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  • Filed October 13, 1997 and granted March 13, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 13, 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 April 13, 2023.
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FiledOctober 13, 1997
PublishedJuly 26, 2000
GrantedMarch 13, 2002
Term endedOctober 13, 2017
Application numberEP 97942150
Classification (CPC)G02C1/023

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedOct 13, 1997PublishedJuly 26, 2000Patent grantedMarch 13, 2002Term endedOct 13, 2017

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