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Objective measurement and correction of optical systems using wavefront analysis

EP 1032809 B1 · Applicant: Alcon, Inc.

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  • Filed November 21, 1997 and granted January 10, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 21, 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 May 21, 2023.
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FiledNovember 21, 1997
PublishedSeptember 6, 2000
GrantedJanuary 10, 2007
Term endedNovember 21, 2017
Application numberEP 97948547
Classification (CPC)A61B3/1015 +1 more

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