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Planar array optical switch and method

EP 1092166 A2 · Applicant: AFN LLC

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  • Filed June 4, 1999 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 4, 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 December 4, 2024.
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FiledJune 4, 1999
PublishedApril 18, 2001
GrantedNever granted
Term endedJune 4, 2019
Application numberEP 99941946
Classification (CPC)G02B6/32 +2 more

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