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Piezoelectric/electrostrictive device and method of manufacturing same

EP 1089357 B1 · Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.

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  • Filed September 29, 2000 and granted August 15, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 29, 2020.
  • 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 March 29, 2026.
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FiledSeptember 29, 2000
PublishedApril 4, 2001
GrantedAugust 15, 2007
Term endedSeptember 29, 2020
Application numberEP 00308604
Classification (CPC)H10N30/2043 +2 more

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